I was happy to enjoy a traditional fourth of July weekend of eating, sleeping, and playing outdoors with my family. Every time we observe this tradition I find myself asking why we don’t do things like this more often. As far as family outings go, it’s hard to beat frisbee, fishing, burgers and boat rides…
My family had a big party recently to celebrate all of our March birthdays, as well as the fact that I made it back from Chile safely after the earthquake. My mom got to come in from Texas, and I had a great time catching up with everyone. All of my kid cousins are still cute as can be, and growing fast, especially the little ones! Kyle played some songs for everyone on his guitar, including a rendition of Old McDonald that was a huge hit with the kiddos. My family even got me an earthquake cake, check it out! I think it was almost as cool as Lane’s Buzz Lightyear cake.
After a very long and chaotic autumn, it was wonderful to get snowed in and slow down with my family for Christmas. I have been so busy trying to keep up with all of the rapid changes in my life over the last month or so that Christmas was the first time I got to play around with my new camera. Luckily I have more than a few adorable kid cousins willing to let me follow them around with my lenses…
