it's been a while since i've shared some family photos, hasn't it? we had a little get-together, with my family, about two weeks ago. we managed to squeeze a lot of celebrations into one night.
we had my mom's birthday, my birthday, and sarah's birthday. all within an eleven day period. we also added in my dad's birthday, which was in the middle of may. and we w0rked in father's day for my dad and joe, since it was a few days away. btw. aren't my girls just the most adorable things ;)
joe and sarah.
me and alyssa.
how cute does her hair look? she just had about seven inches cut off, for a fresh summer look.
alyssa could not even be paying any attention to me. but as soon as she catches sight of my camera, she automatically goes into "smile" mode. lol!
i think sarah was trying to get into "smile" mode, but didn't quite make it in time. and alyssa then went into her "peace sign" mode.
this is how sarah looks the majority of the time. ipod touch in hand, and seriously focused on either free texting, free apps and games, and occasionally, some music ;)
we always write our names on our cups, so that we can keep track of them. sarah usually writes not only her name, but lots of other random things.
like i said. random stuff. lol! we don't even question what she does anymore ;)
me and sarah. two of the birthday girls.
i'm blurry, but joe looks fine. i'm thinking i havn't taught alyssa my focusing tricks yet. will work on that with her.
i failed to get too many photos of everyone else in the family. well, i DID get some shots. but they were when we were eating, and they weren't very flattering pics. lol! luckily, sarah was on picture duty too. she had gone around and took self portraits, with each of us.
sarah and grammie (aka, my mom).
sarah and papa (aka, my dad).
sarah and uncle scott (aka, my brother).
sarah and aunt kathy (aka, my sister-in-law).
we ate good food. we caught up with each other. we sat outside and enjoyed the nice weather that finally found it's way to california. the girls thought about going swimming in uncle scott and aunt kathy's pool. but they had already gone in grammy and papa's pool earlier that day, so they decided against it. we had cake and ice cream, and opened gifts and cards. a great night with family.
What great family photos to share. I love Alyssa's new haircut, noticed it right away. Tell her she looks so pretty and grown-up. How fun to do all that celebrating at one time, that's how our April/Easter is for our family. Maybe you will make a layout soon with these, hint hint!! Have a good Monday.
Posted by: dawn | June 27, 2011 at 02:52 AM
That is a lot of birthdays all rolled into one. Happy Birthday to you all. These photos are a blast. Can't wait to see what you do with them.
Posted by: Amy | June 27, 2011 at 07:52 AM
Okay, I have to tell you that while watching my daughter play softball and family showed up at the park and the mom and daughter looked just like you (with your curly hair) and Sarah!! I had to do a double take. I told my mom and she said "maybe it is them" and I laughed because I highly doubt that you would bring Sarah all the way to Utah every Sat. just to play softball!
Posted by: Staci@tales from the s*crap*room | June 27, 2011 at 07:53 AM
Thanks for sharing, such great photos! Your oldest daughter, Alyssa really look a lot like you, and Sarah looks a lot like Joe...they are both adorable. My daughter just cut a lot of her hair too, a shoulder length bob like Alyssa's, she likes it better that way, but we grow it out for the rest of the year so she can bun it up for rectial in June...girls are high maintenance...lol
Posted by: Laurie LaRiviere | June 27, 2011 at 07:54 AM
Great Photos Laura!! Always amazing!! Glad you had a wonderful family day!! :))
Posted by: jill | June 27, 2011 at 08:42 AM
Some great pics here girl!! I feel like I know Sarah soap well already, even though I haven't met her :)
Posted by: Carla | June 27, 2011 at 12:05 PM
those are great pics laura! looks like a great family
day!
Posted by: Cindy Johnston | June 28, 2011 at 09:39 AM
ha ha 'smile mode'! my daughter does that and goes into posing mode too :) alyssa's haircut is cute!
Posted by: alicia king | June 28, 2011 at 03:41 PM
Ha Ha!! And I thought we were so creative and original. We write our names on Red cups too. I should really scrap a page about all the red cups I need to clean up after everyone goes home.
Great family photos!
Posted by: Monika S | June 28, 2011 at 09:03 PM
Looks like you all had a great time! I like the idea of one big celebration--extra fun for everybody! Great pics--like how Sarah got the shutterbug fever!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | June 29, 2011 at 07:39 PM
kudos to you for getting in some of the pix :)
Posted by: Krista Lund | July 12, 2011 at 11:07 AM