Florida Portraits

Okay, this post is very heavy with portrait shots.  I try to capture our own yearly portraits of each kid.  So if you prefer action shots, skim this post quickly.

 

This is my favorite of Isaiah and my only decent shot with the five kids...

 Whole group shot...

 Selah attempt.  I'll retry for a better shot when she's a flower girl later this summer...

 My beloved parents in front of their condo...

 Isaiah attempt...I think I'll ask for retakes, but still cute...

 Hannah's shot is a keeper...

 Judah wanted his picture taken with his baby brother- so cute how our 'big' boys have taken to Elijah...

 Three boys, all smiling but none looking...

 Best family attempt #1...

 Best family attempt #2.  So hard to get 5 young ones to cooperate and keep a pose...

 Very blessed to be married to this man...

 My favorite, favorite, favorite...

 I used this shot to crop and create Elijah's 3 month portrait in his Daddy's arms...

 Seven coming.

 Seven going.

Seven jumping!

More From Florida...

Florida was a time for soaking up more than warmth and sunshine.  It was soaking up memories with Grandpa and Grandma...

 Four orange shirted, hat clad littluns' waiting in line for the air boat ride at a state park...

 A special orange-shirted, hat clad Grandpa...

 On the airboat, waiting to catch glimpses of Florida's wildlife...

 Nature walk...

 It's handy having a big sister when little feet get tired...

 Palmetto forests...

 Practicing our sloth exercise...

 Five sleeping sloths...

 With Grandma on the suspension canopy walk...

 Way up high above the treetops, Daddy and his Elijah...

 A shot looking down the tower... notice any orange shirts?

 Hooray for the Red, white and blue!  And some really precious children too!

 The traditional Florida family shot...

 Domino effect...

 Celebrating Grandpa and Grandma's 42nd wedding anniversary...

 Another fond memory of Florida was playing games together...

 A very common activity for me these days...

Florida Was...

...the adventure & fascination of flight!

 ...sun & sand & gritty knees!

 ...being lulled to sleep by ocean's waves...

 ...sand engineering...

 ...gritty fingers, gritty face, gritty sandwiches...

 "Bury us, Daddy!"

 Something magical about sand...

 Four kids up to their necks in sand...

 Interrupting Grandma's shark teeth search to wash off all the sand...

Another Daddy idea...

 Mornings spent at the beach with afternoons filled with the pool...

 Hello, Hot Shot!

 Relaxation! (Until he's begged to join the gang in the pool)

 The beginning of another beach day - a nature lookout tower...

 "Hi, Grandma, can you see us up here?"

 Run! the wave's gonna catch you!!

 Run back!  Play tag with the waves...

 Gorgeous water... and flocks of sting rays swam right around our feet...

 "Tag!" said the Wave, "You're it!"

 Wave jumping...

 More pool shots... here Duane is about to prove that anole lizards can walk on water...

 Ready?

 Set!

 JUMP!

 I quickly lost count on how many jumps occurred in one week, even that little girl...

 Two swimmers, three to go...