{Family}: Felts Clan

I hope y'all have some extra time today because narrowing down photos of my own niece and nephew is nearly impossible - thus this is a ridiculously lengthy post. I went home for my mom's birthday and loved spending time with this whole crew. Addie can totally say my name, Quinn can tell me everything I ever wanted to know about Star Wars and it was wonderful to be at home at my parents' house to nurse a horrible winter cold. My time with these folks is always wonderful but this trip was especially refreshing. Looking forward to summer weddings in Missouri and more visits with the fam.

Bath time!

Quinn turned 5 two weeks ago so these light sabers are totally old news but he sure loved them that day.

Using "the force" to its full effect.

Addie and Mom join in ;)

He knows to be gentle and not to play as hard with Addie as he does with his Dad. 

He'll put his hand out and say "gentle force!"

Little brother and sister above, big brother and sister below :)

{Family}: Amanda, Brennan & Kyler

It was so great to meet with with Mandy, Brennan and Kyler again on my last trip to Missouri. We were hoping for a huge Missouri rainstorm to clear, but
 once the tornado sirens went off we decided to just have a cozy family session indoors.  And I'm so glad we did! I think we really got to capture these three 
as they truly are. Kyler just turned 2 and is getting so big and so talkative. I love all of these shots, but here are my favorites!

Had to have a little fun playing in the rain outside :)

Holidays - 2010

The time I was able to spend with my family over the holidays was so refreshing and relaxing. I don't post too much about my own day to day life on the blog but some of the images that Jake and I captured over the break really accurately reflect life with my family and I love that. Here's to another great year leading up to the next holiday season!

Addie, my niece, continues to be an absolute doll. 

She can say my name but her most common phrase is "I dunno".

I love getting to watch my sister-in-law, Tia, be with her kids. 

I hope I can be as good of a mom as she is someday.

The relationship my mom has with her grandkids is extra special. They love their maw-maw so, so much.

Jake and I aren't exactly used to Missouri winters anymore but we sure did appreciate this beautiful Christmas Eve snowfall. 

We took a walk with dad to check it all out.

The family Christmas get together resulted in my setting up a photo booth and letting everyone take their own photos. 

It was a hit and we got some fantastic photos of families being their crazy selves. 

My entire crew - mom, dad, my brother Matt, his wife Tia, their kids Quinn & Addie, Jake and me!

The magic tree! Loved getting to see this again this year.

That time just about 20 minutes after sunset allows for some pretty incredible photos of the sky. If I had gone out about 5 minutes earlier I could have exposed the lights and the sky together a little better but I still like how these turned out.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday break. Thanks for perusing through some of my fun holiday moments.