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8.30.2011

Our Family Photo Shoot





In July we had our first family photo shoot as a family of 6.  A friend of mine, Brooke,  has recently started her own photography business, so I hired her to take them.  It was so fun to catch up with an old friend and to have our pictures taken.  She did a fantastic job!  She spent so much time with us and tried to meet all my crazy demands.  She was so flexible and easy to work with too.  Thank you so much Brooke!  




I was really hoping for an orchard setting, so Brooke suggested Apple Works which is close to where I grew up.  It was a bit of a drive for us, but it was fun to be back in my hometown and see how things have changed.  
 



 
It ended up being a super hot day unfortunately, so Evy was pretty grumpy.  



In the past, our family has usually done pictures in the fall, so I wanted to change things up a bit.  I didn't really think about how incredibly hot it would be though!   We were pretty sweaty by the end of the day.

I felt bad that I dragged everyone out on such a sticky hot day so we ended up abandoning the orchard backdrop for some shade.  



Apple Works has some lovely gardens and sitting areas that are shady and worked out nicely for our pictures.





Kyler













Tayden





 







Ady 











Evy


All in all I am really pleased with how the day turned out.  We had a lot of fun and have some wonderful pictures to put up.  Thank you so much, Brooke, for humoring me :)



8.29.2011

More of the Photo Shoot

Here are some more of the pictures from our photo shoot in July with  Brooke.



I ♥ this one so much!  I love how it really captures a moment.


Here are some fun ones of the older kids.  I love Ady giving some sass!


 The sun was coming through the gazebo roof in a fun pattern.  The kids thought it looked like a jail cell, so we went with it.


Here are some sweet ones of Dave with Ady and of me with the boys.





We did some really fun pictures of Dave with the boys and of me with the girls too.





A few more of the kids















I love how these turned out of Dave and I






Thanks again Brooke!  We had so much fun and I love, love, love how they all turned out!  ♥♥♥

8.17.2011

First Day of School



Today was the first day of the new school year!


 Kyler started Grade 5


Tayden is in 4th Grade



Ady is excited to be in First Grade








All three kids are excited for the teacher they got and we are looking forward to a great year!




Evy will really miss having the kids home during the day, though!  All 3 of the older kids are so good at helping with her and entertaining her.