Fall Family Photos

Here are some of my favs from the photos we took in August for Shaun's mom's birthday gift.

The beautiful Kaili

The grandkids

What handsome boys I have!

My favorite picture of the day... Sam was under the tripod making jokes making everyone laugh.  Such a beautiful family.

Getting tired of photos!

Little loves!

So for harsh noon light, photo shoot time change, hungry tummies, lost sunglasses, a rascally pup and this being the first family photo since the mid 90s.... I think they turned out just fine.  So proud to be part of such a loving family.  I am blessed.

The Joy of Love - day 17

17 staying in
Blog... what blog?  Oh yes, my blog!  How I've missed you.  Been nursing a little boy back to health and trying to stay warm in another cold snap, on top of Teacher's Convention.  So much to do, so little time.  The topic for the 17th was 'staying in', however we went out for Sam's bday.  Then the 18th was 'going out' and was supposed to be a picture of Shaun and I out and about spending time together alone... not a chance!  And today was 'when they're gone' but we never left the house today as it is VERY cold out and Sam is still quite ill.  So today we stayed in, and I used today as my day 17 topic.

Sam helping Shaun beat the egg whites for our waffles.  So cute!

A story from Sam's birthday... Shaun's family came to visit on the 17th for Sam's actual birthday.  Sam was napping when his parents arrived and woke up still tired and feeling crumby.  He rolled around on my lap, ignored everyone, cried... overall a miserable little character.  Not too long after, Sam's brother and his brother's girlfriend got to our house.  Sam saw him coming and yelled "Uncle Chris"... first thing he said all afternoon.  He was so excited and happy to see Chris and soon remembered Robyn and they became BFFs too.  Thank goodness they came or Mom, Dad, Gramma and Grandpa would have spend the afternoon with a real grouch!  Uncle Chris, best birthday gift this little boy could have asked for!