Photo shoot

Yesterday Mandy and I went to a shoot for the Backyard Adventures catalogue. They make outdoor playsets for kids with swings and climbing walls and slides and all sorts of fun equipment. Mandy's 3 kids were in the shoot along with a host of other kids and stage moms. It was from 2-5 in the afternoon but the shooting has been going on all week from 9am to 7pm. It was fun to watch her girls in each shoot. Carden was in some too but since he is only 41/2 he had trouble taking direction and would either move about the equipment too soon or not do what they wanted. He also slipped in the mud right after the first shoot and Mandy was scrambling to clean him up before the next shoot. It was a long afternoon but the kids did really well. Mandy wanted to take some pictures of them while the shoot was going on but chasing after Carden and Ali was about all we could manage. I hope to take them to Gardener Village later today but I'll try to find pictures of them to post. Mandy got all their hair cut. Sadie's hair is just above her shoulders and flips up just like I wore mine in high school. Haylie's is in a cute a-line bob and Carden's is short and spikey. Ali's is still long but trimmed up. They were the cutest kids there! Mandy definitely doesn't want her kids in modeling, too much work keeping them clean and constantly smiling. I took Sadie and Haylie to play tennis the other day and they did really well! Sadie and I hit the ball aback and forth 24 times before I finally missed. They're pretty good!