{An Affinity for Cows} Sheridan, Wyoming Child Photographer

This morning, my kids and I explored a property owned by a neighbor of mine, who has been gracious enough to loan it to me for my sessions.   And to my surprise, our outing was really only about one thing: the longhorns and the cows.  I assumed my children would be terrified, never having been up close and personal with a cow, but no, they wanted to pet them!  Yikes.  I wasn’t sure how close to get or how to make the bulls back up, but between the mooing, the piles of manure, the blowing of bubbles (with spit, of course), squinting eyes and a fair share of pouting, my kids and I survived.  =)

Here is the little miss doing her best pose (without plastering her cheek to her shoulder like usual):  And Jackson concentrating very hard on blowing the perfect bubble:They then discovered a hole in the barn where they could peek at the cows…quite thrilling I gather for two small children never to have stepped foot on ranch or farm:And then they began to make their way around the barn to play with us:  =)At this point, I wasn’t sure whether to run or keep shooting…and so I kept shooting.  LOL.Jack inquisitively checking them out:and Sophia thinking they’re quite hysterical:And when I asked for one simple photo together…for them to give each other a hug or even stand in the same vacinity…Jackson was entirely opposed to the idea as all he wanted to do was chase cows!!!When I’d had enough of the manure piles and attempting to keep some distance between my overly confident 2-year-old and the curious bulls, we made our way home in tears because, well, the cows were just. so. much. fun.  =)


13 Comments so far

  1. Chelsie January 20th, 2010 4:37 pm

    Love the very first one of Sophia…she’s looking so grown up and beautiful lately :-)

  2. mel January 20th, 2010 9:43 pm

    I LOVE the last one! It just cracks me up!! The photos of the cows even crack me up, they just look so curious. Sophia looks so grown up too!

  3. Jen January 20th, 2010 11:14 pm

    oh i just love this whole post!! i havent ever seen long horn cows (cattle??… i dont even know what their proper name is! lol) before. LOVE jackson’s perfect bubble. :) and well, just love them all! you can just feel their excitement too.

    ps: what an awesome place for a session!! :)

  4. anya January 20th, 2010 11:33 pm

    Those are great! The last one is so classic :)

  5. Skye January 21st, 2010 4:36 pm

    HA! Those crack me up! The last one hits VERY close to home…hee hee hee…

  6. Dawn January 21st, 2010 5:13 pm

    I am in love with the bubble picture!
    What a fun field trip, it almost trumps our’s to the Stock Show…yet we have to go to the stock show to see stock! LOL

    Great Pictures Alissa!! We love and miss you all!

  7. Carrie January 21st, 2010 8:24 pm

    Cute pictures! Your journaling along with each one is so funny! Love your story! And the last picture is priceless! Really!

  8. Amber Snow January 21st, 2010 9:52 pm

    The image of the longhorn where he looks like he’s smiling is awesome. And I have to say I really like the color green you chose for your logo!

  9. Julie January 22nd, 2010 11:32 pm

    So cute! Your little ones are so adorable.

  10. Allison Parker January 23rd, 2010 7:52 pm

    These are so awesome! But, the last one is so worthy of some wall space. LOVE-IT!!! They’re all beautiful.

  11. Mimi January 25th, 2010 7:33 pm

    Priceless!!! That day will not be forgotten. I love the story and the adventure!

  12. Yvonne January 26th, 2010 7:37 am

    Wow! Bulls! I love the image of your sun blowing spit bubbles. What kid doesn’t do that?

  13. angela February 1st, 2010 5:37 am

    Your children are so cute and they remind me allot of mine….they would have wanted to pet the cows too! Great images!

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