Easter Recap

My favorite pictures from Easter

Saturday:

Sunday:

Christmas Day

Adam wasn't feeling well at Christmas, and since it was Sunday as well and we had to get dressed and ready for church we were a little off our usual game.  I think it was still a good day, but I am a little sad that we didn't remember to take pictures at my mom's (she made a beautiful dinner for us, with china and everything), and that we didn't get to visit with Adam's family on Christmas.  And I completely forgot to get a shot of everyone dressed up, we all matched.  At least the kids had a good day!  Here are some of my favorite shots of them reacting to and playing with their gifts.  (Yes, I am in the background in a lot of these.  We lost our p&s camera briefly over Christmas, and couldn't take any video without it unless it was on a phone.  So Adam was taking still shots, and I was using a phone to video...I know I look super awesome, haha!) 

Hope your Christmas was fun, happy, and filled with the spirit of the Savior! 

Christmas Eve

Every year we spend most of the day with Adam's family on Christmas Eve.  It is a blast and we love being together, playing eating.  We have come up with several traditions over the years that the kids look forward to, and we always have great memories of.  We make sure to remember the reason for the season, and the children act out the nativity.  We have a talent show, which ranges from the silly to the downright amazing.  There is the white elephant gift exchange.  (Ironically, Adam and I usually have our white elephant gifts planned out way in advance, much better than a lot of the actual serious Christmas gifts we give.)   And of course we eat.  Yum! 

This year, Adam was the photographer most of the time, and we got some great shots.  We also missed some things, but I think it's worth it to have a different perspective.  It's also kind of cool that I'm in some of the pictures!  Here are some of my favorite shots from Christmas Eve:

the cousins playing in the yard

Lily watching the kids play from the balcony

silly boys!

cute girls!

the kids playing bingo for their gift exchange

Lily, the littlest angel

Isaiah, a shepherd

Katie, an angel

I was so impressed with how reverent and attentive Max was as Joseph! 

See how gentle and sweet he was with "Baby Jesus?"  He really took his role seriously :)

the best group shot of the Nativity

 I am so grateful that we have family nearby to share all these memories and traditions with!  There is nothing that makes the holidays as memorable and filled with love as being with family. 

Family Reunion

My mom was in charge of the Anderson Family Reunion (my grandfather's parents' children) this year, so because she asked if I would take some pictures while I was there I went to special effort to take some good snapshots (and a few posed pictures...but I wasn't super thrilled with most of them). Here are some of my favorite shots from the afternoon. 

These two hit it off and were as thick as thieves the whole day...this was in the first 30 minutes! 

My grandparents' generation

My parents' generation