family

so i posted an engaged photo session that was really a family, and i'd thought i'd throw some family photos on here, a portfolio of sorts until i get the real thing going.

i met jenalyn when my parent's moved to where we are currently living when i was about seventeen and a half. if i hadn't been homeschooled and if the move was more than fifteen minutes away, this would have all been very devastating. jenalyn was in my early morning seminary class and, when we both weren't totally bleary eyed from lack of sleep, we'd chat.

and then we were young single people and we were getting together at the cheesecake factory to eat avocado egg rolls and talk about boys and school and future plans.

and now here we are, holding our babies against our hips, discussing things like exercise and breastfeeding, marital bliss and what we're making for dinner that night. and darren is a good dad. he's funny and kind and mellow--perfect for jenalyn and perfect for baby liam.

weekly guy

boy child doing what boy childs do best: sitting in mud in a full and muddy diaper, chewing on a stick. ava was rather squeamish and attempted to hold him back. she also tattled on him repeatedly. by george, there IS a difference between boys and girls!

weekly mouse

ryan comes home from work, this is what ava does and this is what ryan sees. she's definitely got a special love for her daddy. it is reassuring to see her excellent taste in men.

engaging

i'm going to be honest: these two aren't engaged. they're married. and i bribed them to pose for me with a family picture. they have a little boy named liam who is cute! cute! CUTE! i'll post those another time. this time, i want to focus on this, the most realistic of engagement sessions.

"if you could do the wedding thing all over again, what would you do differently?" i asked.

both: "we would've kept the money."

yeah. it's amazing how much all that stuff matters one second and the next, it's all just silly.

go to sleep little baby

i convinced ryan to come home half an hour early the other day and we went swimming at my parent's house. this exhausted seth to the point that ryan was able to dress him in pajamas without the boy child waking up. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. before ryan got him in the house for pajamas and bedtime, i got him to stand still and let me soak all of that beautiful sleeping baby in.

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this one is drizella and she is a fan of grapes. and corn. and being in the house.

proof that i am pmsing

watched this and, at the end when the bride comes out, i started crying. because what a happy day it is and here they are, dancing their hearts out. i thought that was beautiful.

now i'm going to go turn on some music and dance with my children.