gare + heidi: a photo sequence

i am completely convinced that every party needs a photo booth or an area to take pictures of friends and family. we recently did this for my girl's 7th birthday party and i am pretty sure it will now be a tradition for every party we have. we captured some of our most precious friends and some memorable moments. if you want to view some of the fun you can go here, but for now i have to share the session i caught between these two cuties. of course, you know my little fella, but this cute little miss is his dear friend heidi. these two are truly buds. they ask for play dates with each other and they always play really well together. heidi's older sister is friends with avery and the two big kids have actually planned a wedding for these two littles. hmmmm.... i don't know if it will ever actually happen, but these photo's would definitely be a hit at there wedding. maybe someday...

i love everything about these photo's and will cherish them forever even if these two don't get married. but, it would sure be fun if they did. check back in 20 years.

11 years and counting

if you know me then you know i love taking photo booth pictures and will do so any chance i am given. i have been doing this ever since i can remember. it has become an annual family tradition for me and the mister and now our 2 kiddo's to do this every year when we go to the fair. since the mister and i just celebrated 11 years of marriage we got to looking back at our beginning. i thought i would share them with you here today.

2000

2001

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

* if you noticed we are missing 2002 you're right. that's because we were traveling europe that summer and missed the fair. i'm pretty sure it would've looked pretty similar to 2003.

** also, we just realized this year that we had not taken a photo booth pic by ourselves since 2004 ( i was preggo with my girl avery) so, we decided this was the year to take back our photo booth pics. (well, at least one of them. after all this is the only family photo session we do a year)

*** hope you enjoyed seeing us through the years :)

photo booth

this past sunday we made it to the fair. we go every year. i usually have only one thing on the agenda and that is the photo booth. the rest is left up to what the others want to do, but it is a must that we visit the photo booth. we have been doing this since before we were married and honestly it's the only annual family photo we take. i cherish these photos, so much that i frame them and hang them in our home. they show are true personalities. craziness, silliness, and all that fun stuff we are about. it's never a chore to get us there. we never fuss about what we are wearing, if we match, our if hair is out of place. it's spontaneous. (besides the fact that we do it every year and we know we are going to do it. does that make sense?) we all love to look at them as we walk through the fair and when we get home. we all laugh at each other and our funny faces. it's always about making good memories and traditions. i have to say we have accomplished that again this year. take a look...

we will be attending the fair again before it's over and yes we will be back at the photo booth taking pics with my mom and my sister and her kiddo's. i am hoping also to sneak one in with just garebear and me (he couldn't handle it anymore) because that's just what we do when we go to the fair.