These are our family pictures back in 2010. That was 4 years ago, how times flies by!
As you can tell by Jay’s big huge grin on his face that he was sooooooo excited to take our family pictures, he just couldn’t contain himself! We actually got in a fight and I ended up crying in the car during our outfit change and had to tell the photographer that we were done. You can read more about it on the original post.
So you would think looking at the above pictures brings back bad memories and I wouldn’t be fond of these pictures, but no, I actually love them. Why? Because first of all, look at my adorable little girls that were so small back then. With chubbier cheeks and their baby faces and Ana’s lack of hair and Adi’s little bangs and short hair. It makes me want to cry because they’re so much bigger now and it just means 4 years closer to when they’ll leave home and go to college but we can’t talk about that because every time I do, I start crying. Literally, just ask my husband. And second of all, this is what life is about, isn’t it? Having to endure and work through the hard times in order to appreciate and enjoy the good times? Knowing that we’ve worked together through almost 8 years of marriage and we’re still in love! And happy! And can’t imagine our lives with anyone else. We’ve had 8 years of memories, good, hard, easy, hilarious, sad, pissy, and sweet memories of us and our kids and our growth. I honestly believe God made men and women different so that we could work out our differences and try to compliment each other’s strengths and help each other with our weaknesses and to grow. If marriage was easy, where would be the growth? The patience that’s needed, and the perseverance? If marriage was easy, it wouldn’t bring out the worst in us in order for us to refine ourselves to bring out the best in us. There is opposition in all things and since marriage is one of the greatest things on earth, the opposition is that it’s suppose to be one of the hardest things on earth also. I believe marriage is more easy than hard and most of the times it isn’t hard but there are moments that are very challenging. And those are the moments that eventually strengthen our relationships and strengthen our character.
So yes, I love our family pictures from 4 years ago. And no matter how many more times we may fight, I have faith that we will get closer and stronger and better with each fight we may have.
We didn’t have time to send out holiday cards this year but here are a couple I made, including the LEGO Minifigure holiday card which offers options such as different backgrounds, facial expressions, hairstyles and outfits. LEGO wants to help families to build memories and my girls had fun picking out their own hairstyles and outfits and even the facial expressions! And is it sad that this is the only “family picture” we have with our dog Achilles in it? Yeah, that’s pretty shame, we are the worst dog owners!
You can create your own LEGO Minifigure Holiday card for free.
And here is another one, this is probably the picture we would have chosen, even though it was taken 7 months ago, since that was the last time we got a decent family picture.
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GagCloud says
Too cute 🙂
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Melissa Sayoc says
hahaha!! Ana looks like Aiden with a big flower on the head. Can't believe how similar they looked like. Oh, how I love you Sarah for being honest and true on your posts. My husband also hates pictures- but then again I always insist to have one. Luv yeah! Do keep on – continue inspiring us! and happy new year to you and to your family!!