pies and parks.

we welcomed fall this weekend

  dave and the boys baked a fresh apple pie, tart apples were hand-picked and tasted from our backyard

 the house filled up with sweet scents

 and then-fall hid her crisp breeze for another day. maybe for October. today was hot. too hot for open windows all day. so we found ourselves at a park-again. (2x in one weekend. wow) we let rosy cheeked, sweaty boys get out their post nap wiggles.

 i tucked my camera in my arm, and i captured the moments. happy to document on camera, bright eyed little boys with long, dark lashes.

 i like going back through the pictures and remembering each happy moment with them that day. (even the not so happy ones that aren't always captured on camera)

 i like remembering how lucas trailed caleb around the entire park. always going and trying to do what big brother just did.

 i love capturing their serious expressions

 and certain looks that they have.

 a smile placed forever in my heart

 i love being able to look back and remember things i might not have even seen the first time around. like my husband's strong arms around our little boy. his wedding ring glistening in the sun and the smile and brightness in lucas' eyes; fall leaves that dance around them.

 the hair, wild hair. the joyful face of trying something new.

 i can't get enough of their heat streaked, rosy cheeks that make blue eyes brighter, and red lips fuller and dark lashes longer, i love their expressions captured in the sun.

 i hold close each little moment and feel so glad that i can look back at the little details. lucas' hand wrapped around daddy's arm. toes curled around hips.

 i realized that park pictures don't happen so much since most of the time we're at the park during the week (when it is just the boys and I)...adding a camera to the mix isn't always the best idea when i'm alone. there would be a causality i'm sure.

 so, capturing pictures is way easier when hubby is there.

 oh how i love them.

 dimpled cheeks and all.

 they have my heart. and i feel like such a blessed girl to be his wife and their mama.

 i'm so glad they have each other. my sweet boys.

just another day, another weekend...it may seem so ordinary; but there is so much extraordinary wrapped up in the details of  life. amid everything that has been going on right now i can't help but feel so blessed for these simple little moments. baking pie...playing at the park. they are the little details that make up our life. they are beautiful moments shared.

hope you had a beautiful weekend too.