Sunday, August 17, 2008

We are Family

A week on Whidbey with the fam -- some choice moments.
It was the first meeting for the three cousins --here Eli and Hank are enjoying their first moments of cousin-hood at Aunt Alexa and Uncle JD's house for a picnic with the neighbors.


Once everyone -- all 10 of us - were all together and on the way to Whidbey, we did a quick stop in downtown Seattle for a stroll through Pike's Place Market. Thought Monday would be a slow day for tourists, but so did everyone else.
Then it was on to the island, where we hung out for 5 days and didn't really do a whole lot but did enjoy the beach, the comfortable weather, and some fun time with the kids. Including 2 separate "official" photography sessions. I did you all a favor and sifted through the 500+ photos and will just share a couple of favorites.

Here's Ethan enjoying the water -- after his new haircut.
Photo shoot number 1 was at sunset looking into Puget Sound.
The parents of the little kids trying to get a photo of the kids with Grandma and Grandpa.This was their final product (well, one of about 30 final products).
Then we got all the boys -- cute, eh?!Trying to keep the kids happy for the duration...
We did get some sets of the whole family --
More photos of the cousins in matching clothes -- don't they look like they're having fun!

You can tell Ethan is used to hamming it up for the camera!


More of the kids with Grandma and Grandpa

One last shot of the whole clan before dispersing all our separate ways.

2 comments:

suzinoz said...

Cute photos! Did you plan to all bring black and white tops for photos or was that purely coincidental? Also, is Eli short for something? Just asking because we have a new nephew named Elijah and they call him Eli.

mom said...

What a great looking family!! Thank you for the wonderful celebration.