Monday, January 5, 2009

Family Pictures

When the photographer told me to lay on my stomach and then she put Molly on top of me I was a little hesitant and in fact told Rusty "I'm going to hate this pose." I was wrong. I thought it turned out great and mostly because it was different.

There are 18 grand kids, 4 kids, 4 spouses (spice?) and one Gramma Kathy.

Gramma and the grand kids.

This is my favorite picture of all 190 shots that were taken that day. I love how it shows Aunt Lori and Rusty trying to get the kids to smile.


The two oldest grand kids, Jackie (17) and Kasey (18). When they were toddlers, Gramma had a picture taken of them and wanted another one to put next to it.

The two youngest grand kids. Jason (our little family calls him "J-Russ" because he's name is Jason Russell after Rusty) and Seth, both almost a year old.

Jonny (15) and Molly (3) are kind of the odd-man-out cousins. Molly has seven boy cousins around her age (two younger and five older before the next girl cousin) and Jonny is stuck with all girls on the older end. Molly has developed quite the crush on Jonny and loves his company.

Ben and Adam. . .when these two get together they disappear and I only see them at meal and prayer time.

We were sad that Aunt Kim's family had left before we started doing all the "break-out" cousin groups. Sam wanted a picture taken with Matthew and Nicholas. Here are Sam and Solly.

Meg (11) and Madeline (14)

Rusty's oldest sister Michelle and her family.

Rusty's sister just under him (and his accountant) Lori and her family.

Kim (Rusty's youngest sister), her husband Henry and their five boys and one girl.

3 comments:

Kristi said...

Amazing! All those people and kids! and STILL the photos turned out great. I love the individual cousin photos and the stories behind them. Too cute!

Jen said...

Great pictures. They turned out great. What a cute little family you have.

I just have to say, that I love your hilarious personality. Your posts always make me laugh. I love the sunbeam post. I agree, more treats, less inactives! I'm sure she'll adjust in no time. Hopefully, that little boy does too.

Julie and Matt said...

Beautiful family pics!