Category Archives: family photos

A holiday photo miracle. Kinda

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

The weekend I turned 30

Jon was way too excited when the rest of my gifts arrived. So you get photos of me Au natural.

Meanwhile, MORE gifts?! Hello. Did he forget that he got me a Cameo? Not that I am complaining. Just pointing out how very spoiled I am feeling. In a good way. I really don't mind at all when the hubby spoils me.

 

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Then he took me out to dinner which basically means I didn't cook for four days. Thursday, B-day dinner. Friday FSA girls night out. Saturday conference/party day. Freezer meal for Sunday. BEST.WEEKEND.EVER!

 

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Shannon had this great idea to make conference baskets for all the kiddos. We love how they turned out. AND the kids LOVED them.

 

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The girls got primmed and pampered (in the same room that had the t.v. for conference listening.) for family photos, and the boys "watched" conference. To be fair this was one 10 min sleepy spell. Also i must say EXCELLENT talks!

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We got some cute photos of all the kids and families. Well really just a couple good ones of Regan. It was windy, and he was I thought suffering with allergies. He spiked a fever later that night.

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Little man was snotty and miserable. The rest of us look great in this photo though.

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This however is by far my absolute favorite photo of the day. Cutest photo bomber ever. And Kaylee and Regan's reactions crack me up!

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My sweet niece Sarah is exactly 21 years younger than me. I love sharing a birthday with her. Every year I know that I will at the very least remember her birthday (17 nieces and nephews). She requested a pug pinata. Her favorite color is pink, so I made her a pink pug pinata.

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And the money shot.

Birthday + Conference = perfect weekend.

Family photos April 2013

I love the photos we got this session. Shannon did such a great job! I brought my laptop so I could reference some poses I wanted to try out (Just two). Kaylee and Regan thought it was fun to pick out our poses and tell us what to do. So we did lots of poses.
IMG_7949I had the children do their classic hug each other’s heads off pose. They seriously hug like this multiple times a day. They love each other so much.

IMG_8049Good idea in theory. Too bad I’m a Shorty, and Jon is not. Those 12 inches make photos tricky sometimes. I am up on my toes, and Jon is SO hunched over. 🙂

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I wanted a photo of just Jon and I. Jon was in a silly mood. This was the best photo of just us. It’s not what I had in mind, but quite visually descriptive of our relationship. We tend towards the silly and playful. And yes, he did in deed drop me (just the once though.). Hahaha!

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I love capturing their sweetness towards each other as well as their moments of sibling torture that are inevitable between siblings. Regan was NOT in the mood for a sister kiss and she knew it.

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And she LAUGHED and laughed. He was all,’KAYLEEEEE!!! I so mad now!’ Poor kid. We were all laughing, and Jon and I LOVE these two photos so much.

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This one is getting blown up for the living room, I am still deciding on the Kiddos individual photos for the living room.

IMG_7961This one. This one makes my heart happy. Enough said.