We celebrated this past weekend with my parents, my sister Vanessa and her boyfriend Kyle, and Isabella and Isaiah. They were in town because of a three day weekend and it will be Thanksgiving before we get to see them again, so we decided to get together. We met up at the Cracker Barrel in San Marcos and had a really good time. Logan and Isaiah are too funny together. Logan is just plain wierd...I dont really know how to explain it - but he is really really strange. My mom bought Landry the cutest little coat and hat...I couldn't get a very good picture because she cant stay still to save her life but you can check out my facebook for some that my mom took, and here is one I took the following day...but again you dont get the full effect!
Then next weekend, we will be travelling to Houston for JR's 10 year high school reunion. So we decided that since we were going to Houston and all of JR's family is from Houston we would just invite everyone to celebrate with us at the children's museum. I guess we didn't really go all out this year, but I honestly couldn't make a decision on what to do, and she wont remember anyway...so it is what it is!
Another thing I fell behind on is photos. Once again this comes form not being able to make a decision. I know I have to get family photos done. #1 The ones from last year just wont due...JR has lost 100 pounds since then and #2 Landry doesn't look anything like she did. I couldn't decide what to do though, where to do them, who to do them...blah blah blah. Then I started looking aroung my house thinking that I need to replace a lot of the photos that I have framed - but I love those photos, but I also dont have enough wall space to just keep adding framed photos to the house. So that is really overwhelming. Then I thought about getting Landry some 2 year old photos, and then realized I haven't had professional photos of Logan since his 1st birthday and would it be fair to do it for Landry? Also, my kids are terrible at taking photos...last year we had three cameras going just to get a shot! Ugghhh. So here is the conclusion....I asked a friend of mine to take the family photos...we are going to get a few of just Landry and a couple of just the two of them. She is a photographer in Austin, and isn't super expensive so all that is left to do is set a date which will probably be the first weekend in November. Plenty of time to get out Thanksgiving and Christmas cards...I am thinking of taking Thanksgiving outfits - and Christmas outfits. JR hates taking photos as much as the kids do, so we have to get it all in while we can. The pictures of Landry will be used as her 2 year old photos and I am going to make another appointment in March for Logan's 5 year old photos! One of the things that I really like about Amelia (the photographer) is that she really likes the more candid, interaction shots rather than the posed photos...and considering it will take hours to get a picture with all 4 of us looking at the camera and smiling...I am pretty happy about this. I am going to try to get at least one posed photo...but I am not holding my breath - and if it doesn't work - I wont cry about it! If you love photography or just like looking at beautiful photos you should check out her blog on the right hand side of mine....Amelia Marie Photography - and seriously check out her travel photography section...it is beautiful. Also while I am encouraging you to check out other blogs I have also added my cousin Bari's blog. She is in Africa right now and has been for about 2 months...she will be there for a year doing missionary work. Other than the fact that she is my cousin - her writing is amazing she really should write a book. Anyway! that's it from me! Have a good hump day!
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