I recently shot some photos for one of my dear friend's blog.  It was great exploring different neighborhoods of New Orleans for the shoot.  Our city makes a great backdrop!  

We had a great family-style birthday at my parent's house in Monroe.  There was even a pony surprise for the kids!  Zoë was super excited that Sampson came to her party.  

Cookie cake and magic candles!!

Above:  Sweet cousin moment                 Below: First photo with all the cousins since the addition of Roslin!

And of course I couldn't resist a 4th birthday photo shoot moment!  (Neither could Rozzie!)

We picked a great weekend to head to Chicago!  The weather was gorgeous and perfectly sunny.  Zoë really enjoyed the huge playground right by millennium park!

Taking all of Chicago in!  Zo really adored Chicago, and she says it regularly.  Too funny!  We enjoyed riding the train into the city and exploring!  The Chicago style pizza wasn't too bad either ;)

Saturday we discovered an annual kite festival held on Cricket Hill in Lincoln Park.  Very delightful event filled with lots o kite flying!  Chris and I both managed to extend the entire thread on the kite's handle to fly the kite as high as it would go!  Roslin enjoyed the sites too!  Of course Zo made a friend and ended up playing soccer with him.

Beautiful Chicago River