December 4, 2012

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}

22 comments:

  1. Personally, I'm crazy about the jumping photos, but they're all really great--express all the personality in spades!

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  2. Kudos to the photographer...but then, she had amazing material to work with! xo

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  3. You have a beautiful family, Beth. You are truly blessed!

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  4. Gorgeous happy family.
    aaaahhh...
    that felt good!
    Thanks for the share.

    :)

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  5. The jumping photos are great and show such exuberance, knees bent or not :) My family is close too and gives me lots of joy.

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  6. Awesomeness, all of it... even the stiff legged men :-)

    PS.. I hope this is your Christmas Card.. the jump. Possibly best I've ever seen, and I'm big on the Christmas card thing.

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  7. You are all beautiful and shiny and awesome !
    Love ya !

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  8. Isn't it funny how one photo out of a whole "roll" of the same pose can be THE one?! There's just a little something different about the last one of you and your husband when compared with the first one of you two. A little more relaxed into each other I think.

    And you are blessed! You seem to have a wonderful family to go along with these pictures.

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  9. I LOVE the last photo as well Beth. I am so excited for you guy, the new phase with the kids out of the house, the new honeymoon. You guys look beautifully blissful together.

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  10. You are beautiful in and out and the people who love you are a reflection of who you are inside. xo

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  11. Love them all.
    I noticed you are the shortest of the group.
    I noticed that your family takes after you in the best jumps.
    I noticed a great photographer to capture you all so well.
    I noticed laughter and love here.

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  12. Very nice family pictures...
    Great smiles !

    Pierre

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  13. These are all so wonderful, especially that last one! I'm so glad your sister can handle a camera, too!

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  14. and the end result, girls jump better. so be it.

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  15. Love the jumping shots (and I agree, that last one of you two is fantastic!)

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  16. Love it- classic Beth style- total awesomeness! Do I see a Christmas card in the making?

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  17. HAPPY to me your beautiful family and can I just say that you are just gorgeous?!

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  18. Awwwwh...I love your family photos, especially you and your hubby!

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  19. Totally Blessed. Beautiful family, I was cracking up at your crtique of the photos, loved the hand growing out of shoulder. But the first one, I looked at and immediately thought, "Dad's not getting the air time he used to. Damn 50." Just kidding. Fun shots.

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  20. Your daughter has that perfect cheerleader jump. And a perfect cheerleader smile, too. Just happy making.

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  21. Wonderful pictures all of them...at least your children don't complain about photos...my boys moan and groan..but the granddogs are wonderful. They cooperate all the time.

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  22. After looking at these I am going to go back to my Thanksgiving photos and delete them all!! LOL!
    How I wish I could take a good picture of a group of people!

    Gorgeous family!

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth