Family Photos 2014

I am finally getting around to posting our family photos from last Fall! I have regretted not posting all of the pictures we get back from our photographer in the past. So I have been putting all of them in a post for a year or two. Look out! There are a lot of photos!
We used Liz from Coachhouse Pictures. It was amazing to have her come to us at our home! She was really great, and we just loved her! We took the pictures in our yard, and our neighbor's over the top beautiful yard. With their permission of course. I knew we needed to use the gorgeous view in our back yard for family photos at some point. This was the perfect year to do it!
It was a crazy time of life, and a crazy day. Lydie was still so tiny, and we had a swim meet that morning. It was also very cold. Getting the majority of the shot inside made it all much more bearable for the kids. I will also admit that having my pictures taken with a month old post-pardum body was not high on my list of fun. It all worked out though, I even managed to get my skirt zipped up. (Well, almost zipped up that is.) So, I consider the photos a victory!
A sleep deprived victory!
I included all the photos taken in Lydie's room that we got from this shoot in an earlier post about her nursery.

I haven't posted in a few weeks, so I have some catching up to do. We were able to make it home to Utah for Christmas this year. I am so incredibly grateful for our timing because my amazing Grandma Clark passed away while we were visiting. I have pictures for a post that I will get up soon.
Winter has been it's usual unrelenting self this year. Sub zero has been the norm. I believe I heard that this Winter has broken the existing cold Chicago records. It is March, and we are still alive, so I guess what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
I have found myself adopting a different mind set than I have had in the past. When they cancel school for the cold, I just roll my eyes! "It's going to be cold tomorrow as well"' is what I find myself thinking, "so why make a deal of it today?"
 Welcome to Chicago! Put on some gloves and a hat, put your head down, and head out there! There will be no escaping it for a few months, so you may as well learn to live in it! Or move. Yes, there are days when it is legitimate to cancel school. Those are they days they don't cancel!  I there is a point when Winter here makes everyone a bit cynical.
We are headed South for Spring break, so I am hoping that Spring actually makes it's way to Atlanta before we arrive!

To start, I will post our 2014 Christmas Card:

I like this one taken by our neighbors water slide mountain, but Georgia blends right into the rock and brush! It is all the exact color of her hair and outfit! We should have moved her down front. She has a nicer smile than the family shot we sent on the card. She may be grimacing, but at least you can see her!

Headed home...

We were supposed to be making funny faces.