Our Family Pictures

These pictures were all taken in Texas this June. Thanks again, Terrie!

Salt and Light Photography

Tim's sister, Terrie, is a gifted photographer. She has taken so many wonderful pictures of the boys and all of us together. She took our most recent family pics, which you can see on the "Our Family Pictures" post above. I realized I didn't have any of her other professional pics on our blog, so I wanted to post some of them now. There are many more, but I picked out my favorites to share with everyone.

This family picture (and the two above it) were all taken last Christmas. Seth was 10 months old and Ethan was 22 months old.

These pictures were all taken in June 2007. Tim was in Iraq at that time, so it was just me and the boys. Seth was 3 months old (almost 4) and Ethan just turned 16 months old.

These pictures were obviously taken before Seth was welcomed into the world. These were all taken in December 2006 when I was about 7 months pregnant with Seth. I was very hesitant about taking these "pregnant pics" at first, but Terrie talked me into it and I'm glad she did. I love all these pics of baby Seth in my belly. Having these pictures helps me remember what it felt like to have Seth living inside me, which was one of the greatest feelings in the world!

Mama's Little Angels

I love these close-up pictures that Terrie took of the boys while we were in Texas. Their faces look so sweet and angelic. My little angels!

Our Trip to Texas

After leaving Missouri in June, we made a quick trip to Texas to visit Casey, Terrie, Josiah, and Levi. Here are all the boys hamming it up on the couch.

The boys liked playing together and got along really well together. There was never a dull moment with four little boys around!

This is a fairly typical picture of the three boys. Ethan looking very serious (and not directly at the camera), Seth with a little grin on his face, and Josiah with his fingers in his mouth.

These pictures were all taken at a water park we went to one day. The boys had a great time playing in the water all day. They definitely wore themselves out. They all fell asleep on the drive home.

An Evening Swim

6:00 pm . . . Last weekend we got the boys this little pool at Toys'R'Us. Since it has been so hot and humid here, they have been practically living in it this week. This picture was taken the first night we had it. They loved it so much that it was quite a challenge to get them out of it.

2 hours later . . . We had given the boys a bath and put their pajamas on for bedtime. I was upstairs doing laundry and Tim was watching the boys downstairs (of course, he was the one in charge when this happened!). He heard the back door open and before he could get out on the deck, Seth had both feet planted firmly in the pool. He decided a little thing like clothes weren't going to stop him from taking another dip in the pool!

15 seconds later . . . Ethan thought he was missing out, so he decided to join his brother. They've got to stick together on these things, you know.