I Took a Lot of Pictures Part II

 

When you're this cute and you like hanging out with your mom, you get two turns with the camera!

Josh looks a little brooding in these pictures, but he is rather boisterous on the whole and a pretty handsome 11 year old kid. 

These are all very Joseph. Every one of them.

Anya's my little nature fairy, and I think she looks lovely here among the grasses and trees. 

Suzy's into cutesy poses, but I think that they fit her a bit. 

Ruth hates her picture taken anytime ever. But she is a good sport. I may not let my mom have this many photos of me that the same age. 

Rachel does look about 10 in these pictures. I hope she keeps this for the rest of her life. If she always looks 6 years too young, she'll be happy at 50! 

This is Kate in her natural environment with a milkshake. 

I Took a Lot of Pictures, Part I

 I took a lot of pictures and the kids all condescended to let me take pictures after I briefly described the pains of birth. 

This is Susan and Gideon in the same tree. Susan is on a branch that stretches far across the ground.

Eliza loves to play outside and was very happy to have me take her pictures among the trees and grasses. 

I quite like these pictures of Adam. He's been growing his hair for a while. I recently cut the back of it, and that has made a difference. I think it is starting to look like decent long guy hair.

Johnny is a hard one to get pictures of. These are definitely better than my last attempt. 

Overload of Sam, but these pictures are sooooo cute. It was hard to choose the 8 that I did. 

Okay, these are adorable, and I am loving how Gideon's hair looks now. It took a few months, but now it is oh, soooooo cute!

Arwen has always frozen up when the camera comes out, even when she was a baby, but these aren't too bad. 

And here is my extra large crew, and of course, none of these pictures are any good. I just can't seem to get one without someone make some sort of strange face or pose. 

Gideon Tales

 

Gideon described a snake as a tail with a mouth and eyes.

Gideon told me that he was growing big. I agreed and asked if that meant that he could pick up the floors. He said, "NO WAY!" I asked if he could make dinners. He said, "NO WAY!" I asked him if he could wash dishes or do laundry and he said, "Mom that's disgusting to me!"