Family Pictures!

For one of my Christmas gifts Ryan gave me a photography session with award winning photographer, Arnon Livingstone! I was very very excited about this gift and it took a while for the planets to align in such a way that we could make it happen. But last week it did!

The girls wanted to be Charlie's Angels which went well with Tessa's "Farrah Hair", she's requested Farrah-Do's the past several times we've done her hair.

The pictures I'm putting up for your viewing pleasure are actually my second round picks. If you want to see the first round you'll just have to come over and look at our walls :)

Peter had a sore under his nose, not to worry, Arnon has a wonderful photoshop program and we are working on it.
He was a bit of a pill that day. In my defense I tried mightily to get him to take a nap before the event but instead he decided to throw a vicious fit in the car on the way there and fall asleep mid-fit to be awakened sweaty and unsatisfied and be made to smile for the birdie. We will be retaking his individual shots :)

Come on. She is too pretty.
Pickles.

Bug didn't have a bad picture. She is going to be a problem.

He is getting too old and tall and grown up. I had to remind him that he was four pounds ten ounces when I first met him and that he and I were the best of friends. We still are.

This one is actually a third round pick. This was taken while Pete was still in the hitting mode and we were all just trying to stay clear of him.

Come over to see the final cut, but give me a few days, I sort of still haven't ordered them yet. . .

funnies

All this was said this morning as we were getting ready for church.

J: Alana's hair is longer than Tessa's.

T: It's because my neck is longer. Look how long my neck is. . .

T: How old will I be when I get a phone?

M: I was 33 when I got my first phone (*Just a couple of weeks ago :))

A: I want one when I am 33.

T: I want one when I am 12.

A: You will get one before me.

(she is super good at math ;) )

T: Mom, did you have phones when you were a little girl?

M: Yes, but they were attached to the wall, and they had cords and we had to walk to them and stay there to talk and sometimes we would get tangled up in the cords.

T: Did they have that funny shape where they curved around and went from your ear to your mouth?

M: Yep.

T: Weird.

Welcome Home!

Our Squid completed his mission in Washington and returned home! There were about 50 of us waiting at the airport for his plane, balloons, signs, and many many children. Thankfully his flight came to terminal 2 which is the least busy terminal. We did get a lot of funny looks as we waited for him to appear. It was a sweet experience, you can see from the picture that Jeff and Leah both were a bit teary, I was too. Justy is a good boy.

We had lots of fun with him for the 10 days he was home then he drove off to the snow and wonders of BYU, he's started classes and is back in the game. I told him he has to find a wife from AZ so we don't have to share him with another state (I'm talking to you Katie, Kent is nice and all but Iowa? Seriously?!), and she has to be from the Phoenix Metro area because people tromping off to southern AZ every other weekend is lame (I'm talking about you Jess, Mitch is okay, but those St David trips are wearing on my nerves, just tell his fam to move in with you, your palace is big enough.) But really, the Phoenix Metro area is pretty big, whenever Jake and Cory are here they have to split their time between here and Mesa so. . . how about if you just find a nice Glendale girl. Or better yet, an orphan! I'll put an ad on Craigslist.

In other news, my dear parents finished up their mission in Montreal yesterday and have begun the arduous journey home. They made it to Kingston, NY last night and I will be closely tracking their progress. They've promised it will take them all month but it is cold out there in the world and I'm hoping they decide to just power thru and ditch all the people they promised to visit on the way back and come home. I miss my Mom and Dad.

I'm grateful for these wonderful people and their examples of service and selflessness. They rock.