Family Photos 2016

Every fall I face the task of picking out coordinating clothes for our annual pictures--and it seems to get harder every year!  Granted, we didn't add any family members this past year, but it's still super difficult to coordinate clothes for 7 people- I don't know how larger families do it!

I went to Old Navy, and thankfully found clothes that would all coordinate together, though it did take me almost two hours to find everything!  It might be tempting to skip a year of pictures, because I might not think the kids have grown *that* much in one year, but after comparing last years' pics to this year, they really have!!  It's really important to us to remember these precious years, so I don't ever want to skip having them taken yearly!

Our dear friend, Amanda McQuade, took our photos this year, and I was blown away by what she was able to capture!

I'm going to post my favorites here below, but for family members who want to see *ALL* of the photos, here's the link to my shutterfly album where I uploaded them all.  :)    pix.sfly.com/fYOKi6GV

Lilly's 8th Birthday Party

I love Pinterest.  It makes parties so easy because I don't have to be creative.  Confession:  I can't get on Pinterest just to browse or else I'd be there for hours, so I have to only go when I'm looking for specific ideas!  This was such a fun party to plan because it was so sugar-filled :)

Memory Orb Treats- aka Trix/Cap'n Crunch All Berries marshmallow treats