bent knees and blessings.....

my daughter sent me a text yesterday asking if i was ever going to get our thanksgiving photos edited and posted on my blog. she's a slave driver, that one. anyhow, here's jump one and um, did you notice that there are some older men in the photo that didn't/ couldn't bend their knees?

i don't want to point fingers {actually yes, i do} but it happened again in our second jump. let's go down the line shall we? starting on the left...son, knees bent and a funky "pointing at you" move. son's girlfriend, knees bent. hubby, knees not bent and a totally scary face. me, knees bent. daughter, knees bent with a bit of a dance move. daughter's fiancé, knees not bent. that noise you just heard was me sarcastically clearing my throat and then smiling. snort.

honestly, i'm laughing at both of these photos and loving them SO much!!

now for the regular photos. this one isn't so bad, but my daughter's hand is mysteriously and awkwardly growing out of my shoulder. but look at my grand-dog. isn't he adorable?

this ones a little better. the awkward hand has disappeared, but overall, the photo is a bit stiff.

finally, there's this one. ta-da. a photo that we all like. granted my grand-dog isn't looking at the camera, but who cares. he's an adorable little fluff ball that shows up often at my house and makes me happy, so he can look anywhere he wants to.

if you're still here reading and looking at my photos {i know i lost some of you a long time ago, as this isn't the most interesting post i've ever written} here are the outtakes of just me and my hubby. this first one above is okay and the second one below isn't too bad either, but it's a little blurry.

but i LOVE LOVE LOVE this last photo SO very much. as i scroll back through all of these photos, i feel so fantastically blessed. i have an incredible and loving family, that keeps growing in size and a man who i love more than life itself. it doesn't get any better than that. {thanks little sister for taking our photos. i adore you, too}