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take a peek at the family behind Sweet Pea Photography...

Most of the time when I look through my viewfinder, I see someone else's family...  so this blog gives me a new reason/excuse/opportunity to pick up my camera and see the people I love most in this world... my family!  Thanks for joining me here - isn't the view beautiful?!

more Thanksmas fun!


We had a great time at Thanksmas this weekend! Eden and Averhy both had a blast playing with all of their cousins (yep, 15 kids under the age of 7 in one house… full of 42 people!). Sky and Kevin gave the ping-pong table a workout, and the Jeff and Ashley kept the chess board busy as well. The food was as tasty as ever – especially with Peter’s latest best dish — delicious cheesecake! Everyone had a great time and can’t wait for next year!

December 2, 2008 - 10:22 pm mema - Sounds like lots of fun. What a great time!! julie

more Disney pics…


I realized that I hadn’t put up more Disney pics like I promised… so here are two! This is from our dinner in Cinderella’s castle, which Averhy thoroughly enjoyed. She has been talking about Disney a lot lately, actually… I wonder if she’s starting to forget some parts of it, and just wants to keep refreshing her memory! Today she reminded me that her favorite rides were Star Wars and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (which she can never remember the name of), and also Mickey’s Philharmagic 3D show… which led to a conversation about why it’s called that, and what a philharmonic orchestra is…

November 12, 2008 - 5:25 pm mema - Thanks, I was hoping to see more. Sure looks like a princess good time.

Happy Birthday Grandma!!


Hope your day was great!!

November 11, 2008 - 8:05 pm mema - Even though I am not "Grandma" and it's not my birthday, I can pretend it is for me. Love and Blessings to all. See you next Friday!!!!

November 10, 2008 - 7:10 pm Aunt Melanie - happy happy!

Happy Halloween!!


Happy Halloween everyone! We had a fun day — trick-or-treating at Sky’s office and then lunch at McDonald’s, long naps in the afternoon, then the Fall FunFest at church followed by handing out candy and trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Averhy preferred standing on our front porch and passing out candy from her pumpkin bucket to anyone who came by. Eden preferred eating any candy she could get her hands on. Both of these shots are by Sky, and in the right picture are: Allyson, Eden, Averhy, Lizzie, Ezra, Colin, Chloe, and Esther.  Fun was had by all!!

October 31, 2008 - 9:41 pm mema - Does Eden's pumpkin still have her boppy in it? She seems to be doing much better with it.

October 31, 2008 - 9:40 pm mema - Hope your night was as nice as ours for Trick-or treating. Thanks for sharing the pictures. julie

Can’t you see what that pumpkin is doing??!?!?


That’s was Eden was thinking in this shot, after she realized that her pumpkin has her boppy…

Anyway, we had a fun time carving pumpkins last night, despite a few bumps in the road… like the pumpkin patch we went to was out of pumpkins… and then the pizza burned a little… and then Eden’s reaction above… and she had even requested that her pumpkin be a baby with a boppy!! Oh well, it made us all laugh (despite Averhy’s expression) and she calmed down fairly quickly. Although now I’m really not looking forward to taking her boppy away from her at bedtime!! Sky’s always-creative pumpkin is on the left, then Averhy’s “surprised” pumpkin, then Eden’s baby pumpkin, then Allyson’s standard silly pumpkin…

October 31, 2008 - 7:57 pm Hannah - so cute

October 30, 2008 - 9:52 pm Karen K - That's AWESOME!!!!

October 30, 2008 - 7:25 pm Jill Sanford - Poor baby! She will never be the same...oh the horror!

October 30, 2008 - 2:04 am Grandma - Poor little thing! and you laughed????? Gotta' love 'em :)

October 30, 2008 - 12:18 am mema - What a great photo!!!!! Expressions on both girls are priceless. julie

October 29, 2008 - 8:31 pm amanda - HAHAHAHAHAHhahahhahahahhaha! immediate uncontrollable outburst of laughter. out loud.

Disney World fun part one!


Well, we’re back from a wonderful vacation! So here’s the first installment… Averhy with some new friends, and Sky & Averhy with Sky’s cousin Hannah.

October 20, 2008 - 1:30 pm mema - Can't wait to see more and hear all about the trip. What was Averhy's best part? What was yours? julie