Because I've felt guilt about it...

I keep telling Tonggumomma that I can hold my own against her in "old photo" contests. *giggle* So here is my evidence...the "good" photos!


I know I was in Kindergarten, probably the spring of that year. Why? The HAIR.


This was the Kindergarten FALL photo.


This is WHY I ended up with all my long pretty hair cut off. CURLY and LONG does not bode well for tangle free hair. ;)



Senior portrait....take a LOOK at just how curly it was....yes, PAST tense there.


First year of marriage...


By the time kids came along...I typically pulled it back...DAILY (that's JM ya'll...wasn't he just the CUTEST "little" 1 year old here, honestly 16 months which is how old Katie was when we got her? That outfit? it was either 2t or 3t, but I think 3t)


But sometimes I would leave it "down" and you can see how "non-curly" it is now, and how frizzy...and oh my I need some major hair help.



Then, while waiting on Katie's referral, I met "The Magic Hair Lady" who could do THIS to my hair....



*this is what it looked like without her magic touch* Be sure to COMPARE the curls to the Senior photo above, or heck even the one "pre kids" with the mountain view if you can see the hair....


That my friends is what having children will do to your hair. Hormones do some really funky things to your body. REALLY FUNKY.


I look amazingly ALOT like this today (same braids in fact, same length I'm fairly certain even though this was from 2007? or 2005?)


Okay, now you all can see the potential for the "fro" right? Don't worry....I'll scan and post it soon. Just for you Tonggumomma, just for you so you can feel less alone in the bloggy-land of embarrassing photos!


and I just noticed something ya'll...


We're about the same age here....he does look more like me than I thought! I can still see definite differences though (his face is rounder, his hair is straighter...but the eyes. Oh if I can find one of his eyes looking at me all serious....)

Family Portraits

One of my friends, and an amazing photographer at that, Beth Valentine took our family portraits yesterday. Even more amazing, she had a sneak peek up on her blog last night!

Can I say that she totally rocks. Truly rocks. Not only did she have to deal with my indecisiveness on clothing choices, but she had to pick the location as well. It's a LOT of pressure to be told, "I trust you. I know I'll love them." Trust me on that. Those words make ME sweat bullets when someone says that to me. So, for her, I know it had to be hard. I like the all posed pretty and smiling at the camera kind of shots, I really do. But the visions I had in my head were so different, and more about the relationship of our family.



She did it. She totally put MY visions that I could hardly explain and took them. Most of the session could not be 100% planned because it's not a posed kind of session. She did her "directing" of us, she dealt with our kids being wild after 2 days in the car, going to grown up functions, and such. Katie was not in the best of moods either. Dh and I were "sweating" how it was going to go.


This image, well, it's one I adore. It shows Miss Katie in all her glorious personality. She had us laughing so hard.


I can not wait to see more, and hopefully I can share more later.