Summer Update

Hello all! Man, life gets busy and the blog gets put on the back burner :) Summer has flown by. We were in Colorado for Katelyn's wedding, I photographed a couple of weddings here in AZ (HOT!!!) and Steve studied non-stop for his Comps (the HUGE test he has to take to complete his PhD.) When he asked what he needs to know for the test, his adviser told him, "everything that a PhD student should know." Very helpful. So he has been studying everything he can get his hands on. He is in CA now, taking his comps for the next three days, and then when he gets back he has to prepare to defend his dissertation in Oct. My photography business has been pretty steady, especially considering the heat. It is picking up a bit now and I expect that to continue through the fall. Grace will start preschool again at the end of the month, she is so excited! I can't believe how much the kids are changing! Noah is almost into the preschool stage, chatting up a storm and SOOOO busy. I find his little matchbox cars in the weirdest places. He has so many and he takes them everywhere, so it is not unusual for me to change a load of laundry only to have a car fall out of the machine. Or to open the refrigerator, (or freezer or dishwasher) and find a car tucked away for safe keeping. Grace has started hiding anything she doesn't want Noah to have, so I am constantly pulling princesses out from under the living room rug, or the couch cushions. Suffice to say, you definitely never know what you will find when you open a cupboard here at the Hallam house. Heres a few recent pics of the kids. (By the way, since I am terrible at updating my blog, make sure and check my facebook page if you want to be kept more in the Hallam loop!)










Grace has started dance and LOVES it. Here is a video of her and her good friend Adeline at their class. She sort of likes to shake her booty...hopefully just a short stage that doesn't last until her teen years! :)