. stuart & ellie .

. if you're a regular blog reader you'll have seen these faces many times before . this is stuart and ellie, my niece and nephew . i had soo much fun goofing off with them at the studio last week .

. don't they look so happy .

. the silly face frame .

. ellie squeezed a little too hard .

:)

. they take karate and were showing me some of their moves, i think these are my favorite !

. getting a bit more serious about it . look at these expressions .

. a quick one with mommy . i love des's smile !

. i met stuart and ellie at their grandma's to get some shots of them in and around her flower garden .

. i want a tire swing on our farm so bad . this made me want one more .

. grandma has lavender growing in her greenhouse and ellie knew just what to do to experience it . she rubbed her hands on it and then put her hands up to her nose and soaked it in . i love this photo . and i've always had a thing for her lashes though !

. my favorite part was grandma's gnome garden . see their little home ? the door on the tree .

. grandma had told them to be very quite because the gnomes were sleeping and if they woke them they would run away so we were very careful to be quiet . but here i talked stuart into trying to wake one up .

. he tried it .

:)

. that wooden gnome just wouldn't wake up . we ended up being pretty loud .

. and a shot of them with grandma .

:)