P.O.B.A.L. & Elly's visit

This post is more for my own sake and memory, but if you are interested you can check it out.

My camera broke right before this reunion, so I have no pictures. But my sister posted about it here http://ellyricks.blogspot.com/2011/10/pobal.html

She also has great posts from when she visited us here in Colorado, instead of posting it all (to save time) I am just going to link her post. http://ellyricks.blogspot.com/2011/10/just-chillin-at-cramers.html andhttp://ellyricks.blogspot.com/2011/10/colorado-parks.html andhttp://ellyricks.blogspot.com/2011/10/colorado-springs-zoo.html. Thanks Elly for your great posts, now I don't have to do it.

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures taken and they turned out so great. We decided about 4or5 years ago that we liked outdoor pictures better than the studio ones. We have a great friend that has been taking them for the last four years - and she does such a great job. Thanks so much Candace, these pictures are such priceless memories for us. We always seem to get such a cute picture of the kids. I love this picture and the cute and cheesy smiles of our children. They were trying to smile really good to earn a "fruit snack", Dallin really wanted it!
This was a 'un-posed' family goup pose. The kids wanted to pick flowers more than take pictures, so when they brought the flowers to me we got a family picture, just for fun.
This was our favorite family picture, everyone looks good, out in nature, all smiles. I love my family.
I like to make a college of the pictures we get because there are always so many good ones and I have a hard time deciding what to use. I absolutely love the background picture - each kid in his own little world while Mom and Dad and off in their own world - so true to life! And Alyssa is caught on camera WALKING. We have proof, although it isn't too often, she is taking a few small, hesitant steps. The kids get so excited when she walks to them.