He also likes riding his four-wheeler.

This is his sister Madeline. She loves horses.

And being a girly-girl.

These two have all kinds of animals. Like chickens…

…and alpacas! I’ve never had the chance to pet an alpaca before. They are so soft!!

Hanging out in the hammock.

Possibly my fave pic of the day!

…and out by the fish pond…

…in the hammock…

…at the wishing well…

…and with her wonderful mom and dad!!

(one of my absolute faves of the day!!)

And yes, this is generally what Ronan thinks of me…

We had fun bouncing on the trampoline…

…and running through the field of dandelions…

(and rolling around in it)

…and digging in the dirt.

And since May’s Mini Sessions have a “Mommy and Me” theme, we got some special pictures of the kids, their mom, and their dog’s two day old puppies!! The puppies’ mom was extremely tolerant and let us pet one of her pups. Happy Mother’s Day to her and to all of the Moms out there (especially mine)!!

Last month at Carmen’s newborn session, while she was all sleepy in my teacup…

…this is what was going on around us.

I don’t think I had laughed that hard in a long time! My own boys may drive me crazy at times, but there’s nothing like a pair of silly brothers to make you smile!

Playing with monster trucks. Yup, they’re boys!

Swinging!

Ryan peering out through his “camera.”

Hi there!

One of my favorite things in the world – bubbles!

Thanks again for playing with me guys. I hope to see you again soon!

Here are my favorite family pics of 2009…

Can I just tell you how much I love this stone wall? I need one at my house.

Big sis.

Little bro.

You don’t even want to know how this shot ended. One pushes back too hard, then the other retaliates… If you have more than one kid then you’ll understand.

Possibly my favorite shot of the day. Love, love, love the casual feel to it.

Trying to get Caroline to smile…

Smooch the little sister!!

These guys were a little more challenging. Getting Matt to smile was nearly impossible. But I got one!

The whole crew.

Piggy-back ride back to the car.

An out-take from my favorite shot of the day. I’ve been told that when they all were little kids, they had their picture taken on this slide, all lined up. We attempted to recreate that picture, but without breaking the slide! The slide survived, and you can see how much fun we had trying to get the shot.

She has a big brother named Ronan. Also a fabulous name! If we ever have another son, his name will be Ronan. I’ve just decided that. Ronan Marriner sounds awesome. Not that I’ll ever have another baby, but just in case.

Ronan was not my biggest fan. He wanted no part of me taking pictures, or even being there. This is him trying to shut the door on me so that I couldn’t get in.

But eventually he warmed up to me. All it took was a dip into the Halloween candy bucket and reading a couple of books.

He may not like me too much, but Ronan loves his little sister. Everybody say “Awwwwwwww…..”

And what do boys do? They climb trees, of course!

This is Ryley. A little bit shy, but with a great smile.

This is his little brother Landan. He’s a little spitfire, who made me work for every shot.

We had a great time walking through the last of the autumn leaves.

Landan plants a smooch on his mom…

…while Riley enjoys hanging around.

Look what we found!

Why walk when you can ride??

Trucks!

And oh boy – Grandpa’s tractor! (Griffin’s eyes about bugged out of his head when he saw this picture. He was insanely jealous!)

One of my favorites of the day…