“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
kiana: is trying-out for her high school softball team tomorrow! she’s been practicing with big papi all week.
myla: enjoys cleaning the garage.
kj: prefers to smile without showing his teeth. always has.
sela: refuses to wear socks. always has.
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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
kiana: likes to paint her fingernails. sometimes, a few times a week.
myla: my pot o gold!
kj: loves the Beattles. he knows every word to songs i’ve never heard.
sela: recently started tucking her hair behind her ear. with those front teeth missing, she’s growing up. boo.
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this past weekend, i was craving family time and a road trip, so we combined those two and headed to central massachusetts to visit the williams farm sugarhouse:
the smell of maple is billowing out the top of the sugarhouse…
boiling the fresh maple:
have you ever visited a sugarhouse? do you have a favorite one in the northeast? i’d love to know. those williams farm waffles were worth every minute of the two hour drive…
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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
kiana: has serious skills when it comes to french-braiding hair.
myla: is a book worm. the girl read so many novels this past fall i banned her from reading in december, hoping to encourage her to be more social! we had guests in october that said she was like having a ghost in the house, you could just spot her moving from one favorite reading spot to another, quietly doing her thing.
kj: i gave him one lesson on how to make crepes,
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This past weekend, KJ was baptized. After the baptism, we had friends and family gather at our home for brunch. It was such a special celebration. By tradition, kids are baptized at age eight in the LDS religion. Because KJ is almost 10, he took lessons from the missionaries and made the decision to be baptized on his own, by his request. I adore his desire to be good, and cherish his genuine, pure heart.
To celebrate, I used a white on white theme to go along with the purity of the ceremony. For brunch we served all of KJ’s favorites – white powdered donuts, a crepe bar with all the yummy sides,
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last september we had our family pictures by blue lily photography. at the same time they shot a little video of us. i absolutely adore those blue lily peeps, and if you haven’t checked out their site – you should. they are currently touring the world teaching photography and shooting incredible photos in the process. they may be near you soon! they will be in boston again this Fall.
each time i watch this video i catch myself smiling from beginning to end. so many little things that you might not notice that happen every day in our family are caught on tape.
hope you enjoy the video.
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