Say Cheese...

Aren't we just the cutest... ?

We had an awesome photo session with

our dear friend Meghan Allen a

few weeks ago on the ISU quad...

she did a spectacular job as always and

has an abundance of talent AND patience!
Click on the link below to

see more of my favorites!

Bull Family Photos Summer 2010

Fun in the Sun

I am exhausted. There are some parks

that have free water features open

to the public here in town. We visited many

last summer. This was my first visit by

myself with both of the kids.

I may pass the next time Reagan

asks me to go. Mommy needs a nap.

Mr. B was so intrigued by the water

shooting up from the ground!

(what you don't see in these photos is

Reagan sprinting away from me to

play on the playground next door -

let's just say that running, climbing and

very tall slides don't really mix

with wet suits and slippery flip flops...)

Basement Renovation Complete!

So...we finally have a basement!!

(correction - we always had one but not

one that anyone would want to spend

more than the time it takes to run downstairs to do

some laundry and hustle back up again...

it was a dark, smelly, 70's paneling,

musty, gross carpet, horror movie type place...)

I dug up some old photos from when we first

moved in to prove it...join me for a tour!

Before Stairwell.

After.
(walls are not yellow - more greenish khaki)

Before laundry area (to the left of stairs

...now hidden behind a lovely curtain)

Before - to the right of stairs)

After! (new play area originally was going

to be poker area... me and kids won this one...)

Before.

After. Really like our cutout...eventually

planning for a fooseball table on the closet side...

had to work around that darn support pole!

Before. Behind the stairs... (gross!)

After. (hooray!)

Even Walter Payton found a new home

and is happy to be out of his box...

The view you would have if you were to

spend an evening at the Bull residence...

(futon use is complementary and

included with your stay)

A Day at the Beach

Reagan's very first (public) performance for the Bloomington Parks
& Rec Recital was on Sunday! After 16 Saturdays of practice
the girls finally got their moment in the spotlight...
in front of a capacity crowd of 1300!

Our lil' beach baby is on the far left (please excuse the

poor videography - I'm a novice - I'll blame it on the
dark lighting, nosebleed section seating and that I had to
change seats mid performance!

...how on earth do the "Little Miss Perfect" moms do it?!?)

Don't those smiles just melt your heart...?

Muffins in the Morning

We baked some raspberry muffins last week

and decided to have a mini picnic outside and enjoy

a sunny morning.  I realize I post a lot of shots with

my kids eating food, mostly because it happens often,

but also because they are usually too preoccupied

to run away from my camera...and are finally sitting still!

Spaghetti Night!

A typical meal at the Bull household...

Macaroni Face

We have been eating a lot outside on our patio,

much to Payton's benefit...the scavenger strikes again.

Reagan shows us how she eats...

The princesses enjoy some mac 'n' cheese

Bracken enjoys some mac 'n' cheese

Macaroni face.

The guest of honor gets another bite...