Math, swimming and art are some of Kara’s favorite things.  She’s planning to go to school and major in Engineering at Ohio State University.

She’s sweet, bright, and a complete joy to be around!

Kara, thanks for putting up with us for 2 hours!  We really enjoyed welcoming in spring by doing a session with you!  It really was so much fun.  ;)

jess+brett

{september 2009}

I didn’t have a chance last fall to do a blog post about our family trip to Tennessee to visit Brett’s grandfather and family.  We love going down there.  He lives in this great old log home, and we run around outside soaking up the gorgeous outdoors.  It seems like our last 2 or 3 visits it has been raining, which makes things a little more difficult with 4 kids who want to run around outside.

But we still did. Rain, mud, and all.

Here is Brett’s grandfather (who turned 92 last week!), along with Brett’s Mama, and Gabe.

Our first morning Gabe just decided to relax and catch up on some local news.

We played outside during the few minutes the rain would cease…which meant plenty of mud.  I was never a weirdo about mud, until I had this many little feet to account for.

My happy model.

Gabe was not as excited about the farm dogs as his brother.

But he had fun playing in their nasty dog water bowl….

So many fun places to explore.

There were fresh ripe pears covering the trees.  Gabe was chowing!!

I told Priya to keep an eye out for snakes.  This was her reaction.  It’s a good thing she had two parents w/cameras to catch it.

Adin had just done a school presentation on his Great-Grandpa and how he hoped to be a veterinarian like him someday.  Him reading to grandpa was beyond precious.

The horses loved the ripe pears!

We decided to go explore the small downtown area.

Brett got some cute shots of his grandpa when he wasn’t paying attention.

We were playing with some lighting with Priya and cousin Lily.