When family comes together.
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 01:55PM When a family gets together it is a time to celebrate. Sunday afternoon I got to be part of such a celebration. The Jean family celebrated all of their family being together for a few days.
Their family reminded me in so many ways of my own family. A large southern family with lots of love for each other and lots of fun to be around.
Grandma Ruth has 5 children, 12 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. This is Grandma Ruth with her five children.
Kevin has been in Iraq for the past several months was home for a few days and they thought this would be a great time to come together as a family for family portraits.
Kevin and his beautiful wife, Julie. I admire Kevin, but I also have an incredible admiration for Julie. She also makes great sacrifices being separated from her husband for months at a time and also taking care of their home and two sons.
We gathered together at Michele and BJ's home.
You might just have thought that I put them in the middle of the road because that's what I like to do sometimes. I do love to use country roads, but this spot has special meaning to this family. See that tree in the background? That is the home place of where Grandma Ruth lived with her parents when she married Mr. Lawrence. He passed away a few years ago, but this family is a result of Mrs. Ruth and Mr. Lawrence falling in love so many years ago.
They are blessed with so many little ones.
I could just keep posting and posting. It was a beautiful afternoon. Thankfully, the rain stopped the day before and it warmed up for us a little bit. I was so glad to spend the afternoon with old friends and making some new ones. Thanks to Michele and Brittany for organizing everything! I need to hire the two of you as assistants! ;-)
Reader Comments (3)
Awesome as usual!!!! This gave me chills I love them!
You did a great job getting us some good pictures. Not only did you capture amazing shots of us all, but you captured our love for one another. I know it wasn't easy working wirth 51 models at once. lol
Awesome!!! We call her mamala & our grandfather was called daddyla (some of us spell it different). They would of been married for 62 years the year he passed away in 2002. He is missed dearly! Mamala is the rock of our family and we love her so much. It is great to be in such a large but close family. Thanks so much, Brandi!! Can't wait to see the gallery.