Introduction to our happy little family.

Mandy and I were married last year, and it has been a wonderful, frightening, fantastic, scary, amazing ride ever since!  While we may not have any little ones yet, there is the patter of little feet around our home.  We have five children, Daisy, Rigby, Astaire, Phoebe, and Leo.

Rigby & Daisy, being themselves.

While life may not be perfect all the time, it is still wonderful and amazing.  As I type away at the computer right now, Mandy is on the couch with a touch of the sniffles.  However, aside from the occasional sneeze or cough, life is utterly delightful right now.  We're enjoying a cool Missouri autumn day, with the windows open and a gentle breeze rolling through our suburban abode.  There is the aroma of baked bread wafting about (recipe to follow!), and Astaire is in his cage, singing away, content and happy.

Astaire

Also, asleep at my feet are Phoebe and Leo, our two children of the feline variety, basking in the ever-so-tiny patch of sun reaching the floor.

Leo

 I take a moment and wonder to myself, "How could it be any more perfect?"  The answer is, aside from having perhaps a few more bills paid and some spare in the bank, it couldn't.  I love this life, this home, this wife, and this family. 

Throughout the following blog, Mandy and I hope to share some of our home with you.  We are both photographers, love to cook, and love to decorate.  From time to time, we will be sharing one of our latest projects with you, perhaps a recipe or two, and just maybe a little tidbit about our lives.  We hope you enjoy what you read, and hope to hear from you as well!

Shelby & Mandy Solomon