And then…a holiday miracle was bestowed upon me!! My brother decided to come up and visit this last weekend, and it was pretty much instantly decided between me and my mom-FAMILY PICTURES!!!
We had all been to Maui over the summer for my parents 45th wedding anniversary (a couple posts can be seen here and here), yet due to all the various activities with 3 families the only picture we got of ALL of us was one taken by a waiter at one of our family dinners :{ I even brought my tripod!!! It never saw the light of day though…sigh.
And don’t get me started on my immediate family. With a teenager that works while also taking college courses, another teenager who is in high school and sports year round, a husband who travels half the week, and me who works on the weekends…oh, and rainy Seattle. Our family pictures had just fallen by the wayside this year…
And…I’m not going to lie. I was bummed.
And then…it happened!
My mom got these of me…
Yup. Every once in a while, I call to my daughter like she’s a dog 😉
And then…Because she needed a little warming up, and me being a monster seemed appropriate ha! THIS is what family pictures really consist of haha 🙂
In another post, I’ll show how cute these boots are! I found them for $4, and then later realized they retailed for over $100! SAY WHAT?!!
Seriously, DYING!!! Her dress….it’s the PERFECT twirl dress, which she happily did all around our house. In the cold with a bunch of layers…not so much. Thankfully, I bought it in a size 6 hahaha. SO…be prepared to see this dress and another one just like it a LOT! SO CUTE! 
And, because it’s rare to get the Huz in some pics…
Maya CANNOT handle people getting their pictures taken without her. I got 1 shot of my parents before she photobombed them! Yet, on the way there her exact words were
“I don’t want to be in the pictures, NO WAY! I’ll just hide behind you.” Oh boy…and yet, I’ll happily be photobombed!!
And then!!! Honestly, I always think “All I need is ONE!!”
But we got a couple of super cute ones!
THANKS MOM!!
And then, I had to get a few of the kids, because…are you kidding me??? 
I can’t even handle this… 
On me…
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So much of this post gave me such big smiles…you calling Maya over like a dog (I do that to Luke..hahaha), your perfect family portrait, Maya’s joy with her brothers, and you with your husband. Hey, no cards needed, just send this post to everyone and I’m sure they would enjoy it as much as I did! Happy New Year, Lauren!
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Thank you so much Leyla!! The only problem with sharing this link is that most of my family and friends don’t know about this blog. I’m too embarrassed to tell anyone 🙊🙈 I might post more pics without the ones of just me over on my photographyy blog though and then maybe send that! Thanks for the idea! Hope you had a great weekend! Xx Lauren
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