{Meet the H. Family}

I had the pleasure of photographing this wonderful family. I was so thrilled they were willing to brave the cold and frigid wind, snow, ice and mud just so I could capture their family with my camera. No one fell with the exception of me (everyone falls in the mud with their camera being held above their heads, right?). 

This family is super warm and loving and due to the cold I made it quick and didn't dilly dally at all. I tried to keep their frost bite to a minimum (ha ha). I hope you enjoy, I know I enjoyed photographing them!!

 

{Meet the R. Family}

You have seen this family before, I have been friends with them for almost 10 years now (since before I had Aaron) and for the past several years I have done their family pictures. It was too cold to do them outside so we did them inside their home. It amazes me how quickly their kids seem to grow because it seems just yesterday their youngest was only a baby and now she's almost 3!  


Enjoy!! 




 

{Thanksgiving day & then they were gone}

Thanksgiving day my mom surprised me by taking the leftovers and making turkey noodle soup with great grandma Afton's noodle recipe (which the kids helped her make) and then we just vegged out the rest of the day (mom and I didn't even bother to get out of our jammies).

Soon my dad and his wife came over after spending their Thanksgiving with my Uncle Bob and everyone in Vale. It was nice seeing him and Kitty and while they were here I took a few snaps of them and of dad and his dad with the grandbabies.

 
(before this pic was snapped Ruth was asleep on her papa's lap!)

(I just love the color Kitty chose for her hair color and the cut is super cute!)



(aren't they a cute couple)



(Ruth with her grandma Kitty)



(can you believe there are 4 generations sitting in my livingroom!)

Soon it was the next day and mom and dad had to get back on the road and head out to their house. They left super early in the morning and even though I was tired I was in a good frame of mind to snap a few pictures of them with the grandkids. MJ even cooperated and didn't fuss too much!

(don'tcha just love that Ceasar is watching them all grouped up)

It was awesome to see my mom and dad and it was great that the weather cooperated so they could make it out. This was the first delivery that I didn't have my mom in the room with me and it made me sad she couldn't be there for it but I was glad she got to make the trip out and see MJ while she was still little. I wish my mom and dad lived closer and hope that when she finishes nursing school she can find a job close to me so I can see them more often. I miss them something fierce.

It sure did lift my spirits though and I know that will keep me going til the next time I can see them. The holiday's are never the same without having family around.

{Thanksgiving Potluck/one shot game}

This took place the day before Thanksgiving. My folks were able to come all the way from Oregon to see us and it was awesome!! They came a bit later then they wanted to but were able to hang out and enjoy the potluck we had set up for the meetup group William has put together and we found out Gary is now living back over here and he was able to come too. So it was nice to see everyone who we haven't seen in months!



 
(papa holding MJ while the other kids play with Rocky)

My mom and I got to go see Jeanie and let her get to see her new niece. She was super excited to get to meet Myrna and kept cooing over her, it was awesome!!

(Aunt Jeanie holding MJ and loving on her)

(Mom & Jeanie cooing over MJ)





(I even got a picture of Jeanie's caregiver holding MJ)

Soon it was time for the potluck and everyone pitched in and we had a nice spread of food and good thing we did because boy, oh boy were they starvin'!!

The guys all had a good time playing there pathfinder game and even though William didn't put the vampire turkey's in it looked like everyone was havin' a good ol' time.

(this is Kyra, Gary's fiancé's little girl, isn't she just too cute?)

Dad went out to spend lunch with his boys and their families and when they were all done I asked them all to come over so I could get a group shot of them all. It's been a long time since seeing some of them & it was nice to snap a few group pics.

(Dad surrounded by everyone)



(the whole gang)

(Dad and his boys)


Soon all was quiet and between me, Jasmine (Gary's fiance), my mom & dad we kept all the kids happy until the guys game was over.


(Dad & Rocky taking a snooze)

(Mom braiding Ruth's hair, Ruth was super excited about it!)



(Sam & Jasmine hanging out watching a movie)

(Ruth & Gary)



(Ruth was trying to help Gary with his character)





(Mom playing with MJ's feeties)

(Gary & his new niece)



(Dad holding MJ & Rocky got jealous and wanted up too)



(kyra & her mom)





(Ceasar, thinner and happier now that he can move better without all the weight)







(Gary and his new family - they are expecting another baby soon)





(and the game continues)







(see Sam's missing tooth?)



(Nana gets some loves from Ruth)