Last week we met up with my friend Megan at our FAVORITE place in Mansfield to have our family photos taken!!
When I get them ALL back – I’ll show you!
But here are a couple – just because!!
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This might be my FAVORITE picture of us – EVER!!! This is my favorite spot on the creek – and that’s my favorite guy!!
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When we started – I told Megan I wanted mostly all lifestyle shots of us just exploring the creek – like we’ve done SO MANY days this summer!
But I did want one of all of us looking at the camera – THIS IS PERFECT!!
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And THIS ONE!!! This is EXACTLY what I had envisioned in my head!
It’s SO VERY hard to NOT take your own family photos – and while I ALWAYS love our photos with Megan – this year – they were AMAZING – exactly what I envisioned!!
And I’ve only seen a handful of shots!
After our photos we went to dinner – ICE CREAM!!
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Those boys – those amazing miracles!
Did you know that I never buy clothes for family photos!?
Typically I pick my outfit and then Jared picks his around that. And then I go through the clothes for the boys and pick out something that will compliment the colors we have!!
The boys are OBSESSED with basketball right now and I found these REAL basketball jerseys on clearance at WAL*MART and they LOVE them.
So when they asked if they could wear them for family photos – ABSOLUTELY!! Because that’s how I want our family captured – REAL.
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After ice cream we went to Mara’s for a little fire and some fireworks to celebrate Becca’s birthday a little late and Jared’s birthday a little early!
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This is the first time my kids have ever really SEEN fireworks! When Fitzy was little – we took him but they were too loud and he never wanted to see them after that!
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MOM – LOOK!!! I’M DOCTOR STRANGE!!
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That Mara – WE LOVE HER!!!
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Get together with your people. As often as you can. I promise you – it will make ALL the difference!!
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Becca and her baby Grace – you MUST make sure to grab that little girl before Becca does – because you will NEVER get her after she grabs her!!
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Did you know that I LOVE grainy photos!? They’re my favorite!!
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I am SO glad that I thought to grab my camera before we left!!