Wednesday, January 6, 2010

i heart ... 2009




my favorite pictures of 2009


(and it should come as no surprise
that most of these are pictures of my nieces & nephews!)





january


thomas just learning to crawl


clayton & samuel


clayton, paulina, & natalie

february

clayton - the boy with the golden feather!


natalie on the trampoline


clayton finding out he was going to be a big brother again


i've never seen a baby who loves books as much as thomas!
and i'm so happy thomas has a big brother like ammon
who is happy to read to him!


valentine's day party
natalie, brennan, kaitlyn, paulina, & sierra




march

ammon's ginormous orange


sierra through the kaleidescope


ava & paulina


natalie's birthday





april

thomas jefferson attends his first political rally
and totally gets into it!


a visit to my cousin jennie's family
jacey, jaren, jayton, & jackson






may


paulina


my beautiful sonoran desert


have you ever seen a baby so joyous to pet a dog???
thomas


my sister-in-law rebeca's graduation


here comes air force one!


and lookie here...
see who flew in on air force one
to personally congratulate rebeca on receiving her doctorate?


sisterly love
natalie & paulina


memorial day bbq


more sibling love...
clayton & ava


kaitlyn gets beignets for her birthday


thomas' first trip to the library

june


cooling off at nielson's frozen custard
kaitlyn, brennan, & ammon

this is all i've got for june.
i think i was just too hot to take pictures!




july


ava

paulina


ammon & thomas reading, again!


thomas & noah



august

thomas, noah, & samuel at our family reunion


the punk rock show!
brennan, sierra, kaitlyn, & ammon




caleb & ammon

thomas on the saddle from sundown ranch


shelby


noah & ammon

caleb & sierra


stephanie & shelby


sierra - always with a flower in her hair

clayton


clayton - the spy!


eli & ava playing peek-a-boo





september

i love that smile!
thomas


kaitlyn & ammon


a kiss from thomas


brennan






october


(this photo needs no introduction!)


samuel scrambles an egg for me!


noah with a goatee
(or a mishap with a suction cup!)


caleb


caleb is my favorite artist.
oh, and renoir too.


shelby


samuel
oops! i mean, count dracula!


ammon, sierra, kaitlyn, thomas, & brennan

clayton, ava, & natalie


paulina



november

cowgirl kait


veteran's day parade
ammon & natalie


natalie flying her flag for veteran's day

paulina


samuel, clayton, noah, & caleb

samuel


caleb & shelby watching the fountain
all of my nieces & nephews!
when we all were together at thanksgiving time
i took this picture for our christmas present to my mom.


my cousins and i have a picture like this
from when we were children
and i wanted to recreate it,
but by this point in the day the children were so over
having their picture taken!


ava & clayton


paulina, natalie, & ava


thomas & clayton

eli


thomas playing wii.
doesn't he totally look like he knows what he's doing?
he doesn't!
he just copies what his brother & sisters do!



december


this is the first time i heard natalie read!
like, really read! not just for pretend!


natalie's ballet recital


look at the shadow of thomas' eyelashes...

i was driving down the street & look who i saw...
my niece kaitlyn & my cousin summer

bruiser!
a missing tooth and bandaged head.
(clayton)
first a bruiser,
and now a monkey!
the missing tooth & bandaged head are making more sense now!


paulina being her crazy self!
anyone who knows her knows just what i'm talking about!

ava


eli the hedgehog


ava & ammon
as joseph & mary

my new kitty
lucy!



... and that's the end of 2009!












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3 comments:

  1. I love it!!! Such great pictures! It makes me miss living near my nieces and nephews!

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  2. I think my favorite is Eli the hedgehog! So cute!

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  3. What a fun collage of pics. You have some darling kiddos in your family--especially your namesake!

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