Family Pics-2010

I love getting family pics.....especially in the fall! My mother always does an amazing job for us! Thank you Mom! Here are a few of my favorites......if you want to see all of them, you can check them out on my FB page here.
This year I didn't try to match us all up. I let the kids pick out one of their favorite, nice outfit and we just went with it.

Aaawwww....Gary and I.....I sure love this man! He has a heart of gold and I wouldn't trade him for anything! I can't believe we've been married almost 13 years! My how time flies when you're having fun!
So when we walked by these bushes, I thought it would be so cute to have the kid's heads kinda of poking up above them.....but it didn't quite turn out how I imagined. The kids were seeing a completely different way.....like with the way they were squatting, Sierra kept saying they looked like they were trying to go to the bathroom. Ugh! But I do think this one is pretty funny and I love the expressions on each of their faces! Especially Grace....that is so a Grace face! And looking at Emma makes you want to laugh out loud too.
I like this one with Emma kinda sneaking a peek back at Grandma. Plus you can see the dog walking ahead of us.
This one is great too.....with the whole family. And yes, the dog is included in that as you will see in most of our family pics!
This was a great idea....we just really should have moved that stupid board!
Look how happy we are.....because this is one of the first set of pics! Hahahaaha! Emma was freezing the whole time, so she'd put her coat on every chance she got, then take it off and we'd hide it behind a tree or throw it off to the side so it was out of the picture.
I love us in the trees! We did a family pic like this one 2 years ago and I love it.....so we did it again!
A couple of my favorite Emma pics! She is just too cute!
I love her blue, blue eyes! She's so funny and smart. We are so blessed to have her in our family!
My Mr. Joe! He cracks me up. He was totally posing the whole time. He found all sorts of places and poses for himself that would make "awesome pictures". At least that is what he kept telling us! We had to tell him no a few times!
I love this one of him laughing! It just doesn't get better than that! It's just so Joe! Man I love this boy.....even if he does drive me crazy most days!
Miss Grace......she has some of the best posing for pics. She usually gets into a kind of dance pose when she's standing. She is growing up so much! She's such a good helper and sort of the leader of the pack around here in the neighborhood.....she's definitely a "take charge" kinda girl!
She is turning into such a beautiful young woman already. Geez, when did that start to happen?!
And Sierra.....It's still weird looking eye-to-eye with my 12 year old! She is sort of my "old soul". She's always been so mature for her age and she's so level headed and smart and such a fun person.
In just a few short months, she'll officially be a teenager. I can already tell, but luckily, so far, we get along so well. I think it's because we like to talk to each other. That helps a lot. I really want her to learn from my mistakes and live up to the potential that we both know she has, but without pushing her too hard. I'm sure you all feel the same way with your kids. I feel that with all of them.......
I just try to hold on tight and love them all with all of my might! I'm so grateful for my wonderful family! I'm a such a blessed person to have all of them in my life!
This is Gary's favorite. He insisted on this picture....he told the kids where to stand and everything. And then we had to take it with my camera because Mom's camera battery died. But it still turned out so nice.....even the dog sat and looked at the camera! The farm is such a labor of love for all of us. We couldn't think of a better place to spend our afternoon together!