We don’t get a ton of rain in Phoenix so when we do, it’s time to celebrate!?? The kids saw our neighborhood park flooded and begged to go swimming.?? Made for quite the fun photo op.
What do you think Troy is saying to his brothers with those accusing fingers??? “If you two get me wet, you will be sorry!”
Guess he wanted everyone to just love one another.?? Took it a bit too far though with the love bite (lower right).
No worries.?? I wouldn’t let them drown Ty.?? Ha ha!???? I felt like I was referring UFC from the sidelines but it was all in good fun.?? Got me thinking…this week I have been keeping a conscious eye on a lot of the Disney channel shows.?? I am getting really fed up with the way they feminize so many of their male actors and then often emasculate their females.?? I am all for supporting strong, independent, woman but I am really “over” Hollywood’s attempts to gender swap.???? I want my daughter to grow up with a strong sense of self.?? I want her to be secure.?? I want her to be healthily independant.?? I also want her to be nurturing and embrace those wonderful qualities that are oh so very feminine.?? I want her to embrace the entire package of who she is.?? I want my sons to grow up with those same traits of security but I also want them to be free to embrace their masculinity.?? Boys are all things rough and tumble.?? They were created that way.???? My boys love to get down and dirty and as long as they are not drawing blood, drowning, or going straight to powder, I enjoy watching it play out.?? They had the time of their lives and I am glad I had my camera to preserve it.?? Speaking of my camera, my Mark III is so fast!?? I was thrilled with the tack sharp images that were shot so quickly in all these action sequences.?? I also love just sitting back from afar with my 70-200 and capturing these precious scenes as they play out.?? These will definitely make it into my 2012 family album.
3 responses to “The Community Pool”
I think this shoot looks like so much fun!!! It reminds me of our wonderful fun playing in “Everett’s Lake” at our childhood home in Apple Valley! We three sister’s could sure enjoy playing in that mud!!! 😉
so so sweet, so much fun!! Love the pictures. Boys being boys and I also love that. Tori looks so sweet as well. She is beautiful. I see how much they all have grown up. so much lately. Thanks for sharing 🙂
gosh that tori is a beauty! my my my!
i LOVE seeing how tanner loves his siblings… the way he nurtures troy… the way he roughhouses with ty but seems to know his limits. and even seeing ty enjoying the roughhousing in what could have been a setting that makes him feel insecure… a grassy park turned swimming pool could be tough on balance & coordination but i dont see that in ty in these photos. he looks like he’s having a ball even more in the pictures where they are being rough and tumble. 🙂 i’m sooo glad seth was with you on these days for so many reasons… but this photo shoot alone is a big enough reason to stand alone, though you know in your heart the depths & multi-faceted reasons it does my heart good to see him embraced & loved by you & yours. thank you for that gift to seth last week. (ps, somehow i need to get copies of these pics from you. maybe they r too big to email so maybe i can give you a disk or even just bring a flash drive whenevr i’m next out that way… maybe whenever i pick up that file cabinet i neglected to grab.