Lara Family Portraits, 2014

 Lara Family Portraits

November 9, 2014

 Valette likes to pose. It's too bad she generally not very good at it...

 This is one of my two favorites of the whole family.

 Sunburst. The girls are both looking back.  It's just genuine.

 Daddy had fun with the little ladies.

 And this is the money shot. These are hard to capture.

 Kisses.

Tender. 

 And this is my other favorite.  I love my family.

I love my sweet girls.

 And I love my sweet husband. I am blessed.

Thank you to Celeste for braving the big camera. I would set up a shot and the camera settings and she composed and hit the shutter.

Lara Family Portraits 2014

Saturday, September 21, 2014

Lara Family Portraits 

 Valette loves her cousins.

 Eden, Grandma Julie, Alice, Valette Grandpa Greg, Emmeline, Abigail

All the grand babies are girls in our family.

 So. I curled my hair for 45 minutes just before this. All gone by the time we arrived. So unfair.

I have now finally learned what products and tools make curls stay in my hair.  It is glorious.

 Abbi, 18 months; Valette, 3 1/2

 Desiree, Justin, and Emme (6 months). Justin and Desiree live in Utah, so our family pictures are planned around their visits.

 Chris, Eden (2) Kaylee, and Alice (5 months).

 Michael and Elise. Baby Laurel was three months away.

 Cousin Love.

Cute cousins. Abbi, Emme, Valette, Eden, Alice.

In the Yard

We had a two+ year backyard project of filling in the backyard with dirt. And dirt. And dirt.

 Valette and Abbi wanted desperately to help Daddy shovel the dirt. Daddy gave them the job of seeking out the rocks instead.

Monday, September 1, 2014

 My two sweet girls. Abbi, 18 months; Valette, 3 1/2

Valette on her first day of preschool. She would't look up because of the sun.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Curls

 August 16, 2014

 We curled Valette's hair just because and she enjoyed showing off.

Yay for Daddy.

Overgaard Trip July 2014

July 16, 2014

Abbi always has bruises on her forehead.

I tried to make a renewed effort of using the real camera (and not my phone) at least weakly. It lasted about a month…sigh

 July 26, 2014

Cabin Trip with Casey and Celeste

 Eric had to work up north about once a month, so we would make a weekend of it and go to the cabin all together.

 The kids love all the walks we take at the cabin.

In June I took Valette to a friend and she had her first haircut. It had been growing so unevenly, the back of her hair was a perfect v with length in the middle and the sides all the way up by her shoulders. The haircut made her look so grown up.
Now, a year later, it's about the length it was when we cut it, but all over. Mission accomplished.

 Adria's fancy hair.

 Casen carried that chalk bucket around the whole time we were up there.

 Baby Weston

 It started raining...

 …then it started pouring...

 Typical Eric-in-a-photo face.

Playing in the water. 

Abbi, looking cute as ever.

16 months old. 

 Two teeth on the top and bottom.

 …then it hailed.

 Valette always asked to hold the baby.

 July 27, 2014

 Cute cousins.

Peekaboo. 

 Buddies.

 There is never a picture of the moms unless you plan it. Seriously.

 Cute little Abbi.

Sweet flowers.