We spent the weekend of Christmas at my parents!

Enoch kept insisting that the big-bellied STAR WARS character was MOMMY!

It was a STAR WARS Christmas – AGAIN!

Thankfully – we have awesome families! It usually works out that we spend Christmas Eve day with Jared’s parents!

Warm temperatures and a quick walk next door!

That little pumpkin – he’s adorable!

We had a great Christmas! Relaxing and full of family!

The past THREE years of Christmas!

We had a joint party for Enoch & Jack at my parents – so my friend Missy and I decided to have a joint party for our boys at the local Y!

It’s a struggle to put down the camera and enjoy the moments – but I make sure to do it!!

A dairy-free puppy cake – THE BEST!

Enoch & Aiden – we love you boys SO VERY MUCH!

My nephew turned 1 right after Christmas – and Enoch’s birthday is mid-November – so we had a joint party around Thanksgiving!

THOSE CURLS! I will NEVER cut his hair!

Jack did NOT enjoy our singing and clapping! Poor guy!

GORGEOUS!!

He calmed down a little after some snuggling and nursing!

Jack & Enoch – you are so loved! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BOYS!

My friend Ashley had a FANTASTIC idea – have a Galentine’s Day get-together!

For those of you that don’t know – Galentines’s Day is from Parks & Recreation – and it’s a FANTASTIC notion!

The day before Valentine’s Day – getting together and celebrating your girlfriends – with breakfast and bacon – and little gifties!

On the show – Leslie says crazy wonderful things to her best friend Ann – so I made a personalized card for each gal!

Leslie makes mosaic portraits out of soda bottles for each of her friends – BUT I’m not THAT talented! But – I just might try next year!

I made portraits for each of my friends – and a ridiculously huge keychain!

Leslie writes a 5,000 word essay about each gal – I made a little booklet documenting what I admire about each woman!

Ashley wasn’t able to make it – friend duties came up and good friends listen to their heart!

I almost kept that tardis!

The cup of coffee turned out AWESOME!

My Aunt L – she loves to write – so hers was a blank piece of paper!

Mara – she loves music!

Becca – that is supposed to be a paint brush keychain!

Sarah wasn’t able to make it to our Galentine’s breakfast – which just meant MORE BREAKFAST DATES!

Shalane wasn’t able to make it either – but no worries – we made YET ANOTHER breakfast date – which I LOVE!

And she gave me a BEAUTIFUL bracelet – inscribed with – ovaries b4 brovaries!

I felt like the fans of Parks & Rec would REALLY appreciate the awesomeness of a Galentine’s Day!

It should really be a national holiday! It certainly WILL be an ANNUAL event!

And I also I sent some Galentine’s out to some of my gals!

LADIES CELEBRATING LADIES!

I’m planning on having a GALENTINE’S DAY breakfast every other month!

And NEXT year – GALENTINE’S day will be EPIC!

Yeah yeah yeah – I know – 24 months – 2 years – same thing!

Enoch turned TWO on November 19th!

Isn’t he JUST BEAUTIFUL!

He is LOUD and silly and sweet and goofy. He loves his brother. He loves puppies and cows. And kittens and pigs.

He loves to dance and give hugs. He loves to blow kisses. He loves to ask questions.

We love to love him!

He LOVES Star Wars – mostly because his brother LOVES Star Wars!

TA-DA!

Little (not so little) Enoch guy – you are SO loved!

It’s time for BEAUTIFUL again! This is the 7th year I’ve ran this contest – and I LOVE IT!

I will be awarding 1 family a photo session!

Email me @ dcbarden@gmail.com – write a paragraph or two about a family you know that deserves a FREE photo session.

I will be choosing 1 family from the entries and announce the winner on March 1st. The deadline for the submissions will be February 29th. I need to hear from 10 people to make this contest work!!

Make sure to tell me WHAT MAKES THEIR FAMILY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CANNOT SUBMIT YOUR OWN FAMILY 

If you were a previous beautiful winner – you can’t win again – sorry bout that!

Also – you MUST use the photo session within 2016!

We had a FUN summer!

Here’s a quick glance at a few days!

E is a dinosaur whisperer!

We are very fortunate to have grandparents close by!

I love watching my dad interact with the boys!  Our parents make the BEST grandparents! Brings joy to my heart!

We made our yearly trip to the PA REN FAIRE again – with everyone IN COSTUME – well – almost everyone!

Enoch was an adipose. My dad was a compilation of THE DOCTOR!

Fitzy was a dalek and I was a weeping angel. Huge nerds. I know.

Look at those CURLS! Everyone said – she’s SO cute!

THIS year – I plan on WINNING the costume competition!

Jared’s grandparents were home over the summer – and the boys LOVED spending time with them!

Our friend Megan came over and snapped a few photos for us! PRICELESS!

They are the sweetest boys! Thank you SO much Megan!

This might be Enoch’s favorite activity at Grandma’s house!

OH MY HEART!

He is a happy guy!

We are very thankful for the time we get to spend with family!