2017 Family Photos!

Being on the done side of family photos is pretty great.  They turned out so so well!  Enduring family photos is however...a little less great.  I remember several times thinking, "I am paying a good sum of money for this experience, and I'm not liking it." Haha.  I didn't have my hopes set too high since Ivy was like "STRANGER DANGER" almost the entire time, but luckily photographers are miracle workers and I will treasure these forever!  You know you got a great photographer when you see some not perfect moments or weird hair/wardrobe/body issues and yet you still love the photos!  Here are a selection of my favorites.

Photos from Jessica Lund Photography up Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Foley Fall

The last few years I feel like I've kind of missed the Fall season.  Last year I was a cranky new mother who could never leave the house and the year before I was an even crankier pregnant person who was throwing up every day.  So...I don't have great recent memories of this time of year I guess!   This year, however, I'm soaking it up!  We loved General Conference, we drove through Big Cottonwood Canyon, we went to a football game, I planted 75 bulbs yesterday, we visited a pumpkin patch, we decorated our porch, and I've been making a conscientious effort to make and eat seasonal foods.  I'm sure I'm late to discover this, but when you're the parent and/or adult, it's pretty much up to you to create your own happiness, and embracing the changing seasons certainly helps.

The Farm at Gardner Village

Little Ives has a major obsession with animals.  I kind of wonder if I ever liked animals as a child since in my memory I've always been either terrified or annoyed by them.  I distinctly remember walking home one day as a kid, and two giant golden retrievers came running over to me from their yard.  This panicked me since I really dislike dogs so I started running, I tripped, and then they just licked me while I screamed.  Luckily some car came by and honked, and then they left me alone.  I got up and walked home like nothing happened since there were some witnesses nearby and it was just too embarrassing to even acknowledge.

Anyway...

Ivy is not me and I guess this is probably ok.

We took her to Gardner Village's petting zoo and she had the time of her life.  She wouldn't even stop looking at the animals to get a drink despite our protests that she was looking super flushed.  

Ivy couldn't stop looking at the horse to take this photo.