Family Pictures in San Diego, CA
If I didn’t tell you that I’m five months late with posting these pictures, you probably wouldn’t have any idea, because fall and spring in San Diego look pretty similar. But I am late, because Procrastination is my middle name.
Wanna hear the cool thing, though? I actually printed these pictures out and I have them hanging around our house. Go figure that I got them up on the walls before I posted them around the internet. I know; I’m as shocked as you are.
They’re too good to keep hidden behind our home, though, so I had to get them up here. Because they’re perfect gems, and they embrace this season of life we’re in so perfectly, that I practically cry when I look at them—they’re that good.
The lovely Chrissy Walther Photography took them for us around Mother’s Day as a fundraiser for our local MOPS group, and I just love how patient she is with kids, and how she gets the job done beautifully.
I love that I have a photo of each of my kids, literally freeze-framing their little faces and capturing their features that makes them so unique.
They capture my son’s first few steps, his first two teeth, and his FANTASTIC hair. I mean, come. on! These are just dreamy.
They capture my girls embracing their young, carefree spirit.
I love that there’s a photo of my husband and I stealing a kiss, and several where they literally ran circles around us.
I love that I have pictures of my husband with his kids. He’s their everything, and he plays the roll of their Papa so freaking well, that I have to pinch myself, because…how did I get so lucky?
And I absolutely love this next one. The one that captures this stage of life absolutely perfectly: I see real life in this photo, and I immediately stopped and smiled when I first saw it; I felt all the feels. And then I started to nitpick all my faults, because that’s what we as women do, right?
But then I made myself stop, because this photo is actually quite perfect. It shows my son grasping onto me, because I’m his person. I see my three year old being the crazy toddler that she is, hiding and playing peek-a-boo with my dress; I see my five-year-old daughter a blink away from turning 15, and I see my husband smiling and seeing me through all my flaws, loving me just as I am.
And then I looked at me, with my belly popping out. I cringed when I saw my stomach “ruining” a perfect picture…but then I remembered that my belly and the stretch marks under that dress are reminders of the fact that I gave birth to three beautiful children. So, this is me, this is who I am, and who we are, and I adore it.
Do you regularly take family photos? I’m obsessed with taking them at least once a year. I know they’re something that we’ll treasure for years to come.
Just so you know……Grandma loves you – all of you – very much!!! Thank you for keeping me up with your family with the wonderful pictures you send. Happy October!!!!
Beautiful photos!!
They turned out great! I love all the different facial expressions from your girls! So sweet!
You have a beautiful family! These pictures came out great!
This is probably one of the best photo shoots I have ever seen. You have a beautiful family and they were captured so well. I love it!!
Your words are so lovely and inspiring! I always enjoy reading your views on how we need to be kinder to ourselves. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family with us!
We take pictures every year too and it always blows my mind how much my kids change!
Your family is adorable! I found your blog by typing Things to do in San Diego, we are planning a trip the first of February! My son in law is in the Air National Guard’ and is deployed right now in Africa and will be back in January sometime so I would love to take my grandsons 9 and 11 and daughter and son in law on a trip to San Diego could you refer a good place that is by everything and not extremely expensive! Thank you
Hi Fran! sorry I’m just now seeing this 🙂 I hope you’ll enjoy your time out here; it’s a wonderful place to visit. I would suggest looking for an Air BnB in the Mission Bay area possibly, so you can be in a central area to go anywhere!