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Christmas 2018 family photo

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These photos do not show the reality of how this Christmas went. This was a ROUGH one. One I’d LOVE to forget/erase/do over. DO BETTER. It truly sucked. But still. Happy to have these photos even if they are not an accurate representation of how our emotional/mental/physical state was.

Papa and Yaiya/Babushka/ Oma with all their grandchildren to date. All the cousins for this branch of the family tree to date. And a nice group shot with all of us with our lovely matriarch. Love Love Love Grandma Joani. SO beyond happy to have these photos. They are certainly a balm to the crapfest this Christmas turned out to be.  I’m postdating this post 2.5 years after the fact because it’s taken that long to begin healing from events. It was BRUTAL.

A holiday photo miracle. Kinda

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So, I’m kinda obsessed with taking picture of my world. If you know me then it’s not new information. You can only imagine my excitement when I found out that family photos were happening for BOTH side of our family!!!! It’s been years. And I have been super bugged that it’s not been happening because of life situations. Living far apart, work, blah, blah, blah.

All of Jon’s siblings were going to be in So UT for Thanksgiving this year. However sadly two of Jon’s Brothers-in-law had to work. 🙁 But for how huge his side is it’s amazing that this was able to happen at all.

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Regan’s ginger hair is a flame with the sun. And in the big family photo 20 out of 21of the kids are looking AT the camera! Miracle. And holey geeze. It was FREEZING! The wind. It was killer. We counted down then tossed coats off. Family Photo

My parents and younger siblings come down to AZ for Christmas this year. So the day after Christmas we got to do photos with my side. It was another COLD windy day. The last time I had sibling photos done I had bond pixie hair. It’s been a few year. I was super happy about getting new ones.IMG_3456 IMG_3486 copy

Regan was FROZEN. The wind was blowing so hard his eyes were watering. The wind didn’t even phase Logan. Also Jack’ee has decided the the boots and braces are just snow board training. 😉IMG_3471

Thanksgiving break day 2. Thanksgiving Day!

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Woke up early and cooked a couple of turkeys. One big one for our big dinner and a cute little one with sides for Grandma and Uncle Ben.

Got everyone all shiny and pretty and then we headed out to visit Grandma on our way to Shelly’s house for dinner.
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Watching Kaylee run up to her Grandma Joanie is always a favorite.IMG_5826

I love this picture of them so much.IMG_5827

We sure miss getting to see Grandma more regularly. Being a six hour car dive + school + work makes it tough.IMG_5830 IMG_2252

The pre dinner calm…IMG_2254 IMG_2255 IMG_2256

Sharice made place cards for everyone. Not a small task.IMG_2258

Josh made noodles. And we had plenty of dessert.IMG_2263 IMG_2267

Food, conversation, family, fun!IMG_2268 IMG_2278 IMG_2380

After dinner we headed out to  get family photos with our favorite gingers. My family froze while watching the madness. IMG_5857 IMG_5853

My Dad got some photos of the set up and craziness of trying to get 21 kids plus adults in position and a freezing cold photos.IMG_5865 IMG_2358 IMG_2323

We’ve got 20 out of 21 kids looking and mostly smiling!!!! IMG_2283IMG_2281 IMG_2376

We mostly stayed inside after photos and played games.IMG_2382 IMG_2381

Aunt Sam brought stamps. The girls had maybe too much fun with them.IMG_2379 IMG_5843But SO much fun. So very grateful for this loud crazy family of mine. So grateful that I got to be with them all (both sides) for a few days of family fun. So grateful that we all like each other. I love all those awesome people of mine!