It's been probably 3 or 4 years since all my brothers and sister have been together. In July while Justin and his family were visiting, Michael came up and Tiffany was there too for some family pics! As you can see, we were just a little silly.
In July my brother and his family came out to visit from Rhode Island and we loved every minute! We had a jam packed schedule that included a trip to Montana's Virginia City and Lewis and Clark caverns, hiking Table Rock, Yellowstone, a fish hatchery, boating and of course lots of visiting. We had so much fun and really miss their whole family!
Our little Claire is growing up to fast. I am pretty sure this is my last baby, and I'm really absorbing all the moments in! It makes me a little sad that I didn't cherish the others quite the way I do her. I love how quick she is to smile, and its so cute how much she LOVES her big brother Westley. We are so blessed to have been sent all our little angels!
I've been dreading doing this for months now, I've had lots of excuses. Too many kids, not the right light, not enough energy, and I could probably come up with some more. But last night the light was great, and Brad was home to help, so I mustered up some energy, and we took Belle's "2" year old pictures. I had something a little better in mind, ...more focus on her eyes I think. After an hour and a half of "look at mommy!" and "smile for mommy!" I was done! It was as exasperating as I thought it was going to be. Poor Belle, I thought the wheat was going to be a good idea, but it just scratched the crap out of her legs, then we went over to a barn and there was a kitty that kept coming round and two donkeys that kept bellowing... so many things for a two year old to be distracted by! O well. at least its done, and I'm glad to put an X next to "take Belle's pictures" on my To Do list. Sigh.
