Family Photos
Part of our reason for doing family pictures now is that as of next week Paul starts and exciting new job as the Executive Officer of the Salt Lake Home Builders Association. He needed a business picture taken and I needed to get the kids 2 and 4 year old pictures taken, so why not do the family at the same time especially since it was no extra cost!
This was a big step for me. We have not taken a professional family photo since Ashley passed away. It has always been hard for me to even think about doing. Each time I have gotten the just the kids pictures taken I drive away in tears, just thinking...it's not complete! Well I was barely able to hold the tears off as we started, but did leave with a few tears. I know it's a good thing for Alice and Cole to have pictures of us as a family. Part of me can't believe Alice is now 4 and we've never had a family picture taken with her. They need them and we need them, but it will always feel weird and be hard for me, it will never feel complete, but this is the way it is. I am grateful for Paul's encouragement to get them done, even if I am 19 weeks pregnant in them! Oh well.
As a way to remember and think of Ashley in our pictures we decided to have this pink gerbera daisy in them. No matter what we are wearing this flower will be in all our future family pictures to kind of represent Ashley.
