We are doing great. We are healthy for the most part, other than we all went through a short bout of a stomach bug of some sort during this last week. We are anticipating Christmas, just like everybody else. We had a great Thanksgiving with our families over to our house. My mom and step-dad were here along with Mike's mom, one of his sisters, and 2 brothers and their families. We had a great time. Lots of food and visiting. The rest will be in pictures, as long as all goes well.
Here goes....
Fun in the fall, and James being cool... He is growing too fast and will be in Primary after the new year. He can't wait to go to school like his sisters. He has been an awesome big brother, sometimes a little too loving, though.
Halloween 2008 was great... By the way, the largest pumpkin in the picture was one of the three pumpkins we grew in our garden this year. It was cool to be able to plant them and watch them grow, then actually carve them for Halloween!
An awesome visit at the airport with my brother David and my mom on her birthday...
Evan's first smile on camera, first cereal, first pic with Santa, and just being cute sleeping. Also, Evan was blessed in November, but I am a horrible mother and did not get a picture of him in his blessing suit yet. He has grown so much and is now rolling over and "talking" etc.
For those of you who don't know, Alesea is extremely creative, and funny. She comes up with things that are just the funniest things I have ever seen and heard. One of these days I am going to do a spotlight on her and tell of some of the things she says and does. Here is a picture of one of those things. She made these whiskers and tail out of sticker scraps the other night. She also had her 1st grade Christmas program, and then her picture with Santa at our neighbors house.
Elizabeth just turned 14 and now gets to wear MAKEUP! (Picture coming soon!) She is a 4.0 student, and is just starting the Jr. Jazz basketball season. Here is just a pic from her b-day party and just a pic I took in the fall.
I was recently called as a Laurel Advisor in church, and Mike as the Elders Quorum 2nd Counselor. I am also back at Macey's Grocery Store for a couple of nights a week, as well as back in to doing portraits for a few people here and there. Exciting news! I am moving my studio in to the basement of our house, which will give me more room than the spare bedroom I have been in. Alesea will be moving in to the bedroom, and Evan into the bedroom to share with James. We all gave up our theater room in the basement for me to be able to do this, so thanks to my family for this sacrifice! (We enjoy our family movie nights, so this was hard to do. We will just be having movie nights in our not so exciting and cool living room.)
We hope everybody is doing great and that your holidays are safe and wonderful. Please remember the reason for the season! Love to all!
3 comments:
IT was so fun catching up on your family!! Your kids are darling...Congrats on the new Baby!!! How exciting, you seem so happy!! Your pictures are fabulous!! I wish you were here to take ours!
Your pictures are gorgeous! Your kids are so lucky to have their growing up years documented by a talented photographer! It was also great to see David. He's changed just a little since I last saw him 25 years ago!
I've been so bad at checking out blogs lately that it's actually nice to be able to get a quick recap of the past few months and not feel bad that I haven't checked it in forever. (Does that make sense?) Your pics are so beautiful! I can't believe how much older your kids look. So beautiful!
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