John & Holly: Family

This is one of the most amazing families you could ever hope to meet! John is Sherrie's brother, and we love him and his family. They are the kind of people who never think twice about helping someone in need, are always cheerful, and genuinely love each other. Not to mention, they are a lot of fun! We live a few hours away from them (which is quite a few hours closer than we used to!), and we love getting the opportunity to see them as often as we do. It helps that they have the same number of kids as we do; each one of our kids has a corresponding cousin in John and Holly's family that is within a few months' age of our kids (and no, we did not plan it that way! :D )

We were thrilled when they asked us to document their happy family. After all, the family pictures they had on the wall needed some serious updating. (Actually, we can't say much about that, which is a bit ironic since we're photographers. We once had some friends where she was a massage therapist, and we commented to him about how nice it must be to get professional massages all the time; he said she never gave him a massage; since she did it all day it was the last thing she wanted to do when she got home. Kind of like that for us, except without any massaging. And we don't do it all day, either. And we actually still like taking pictures. So, it's nothing at all like the massage people--we're just pathetic. OK! We'll change our ways! :D)

So, after all of that, here are the pictures of the awesome people (and if you are ever thinking of marrying a massage therapist, do it because you actually love the person, not because you are hoping for some massage benefits!)

This is a classic example of what we like to see in a family picture. Check out that air! If we ever take your family's picture, expect that we will probably ask you to do this. Can you catch this kind of air? And don't forget the arms and legs at crazy angles! It makes it awesome! You have been warned. So when we tell you we want to do a jumping picture, you know what we mean. It sometimes takes people a while to finally get what we are talking about. So this is it! Do that kind of stuff! Oh, and if you happen to have any sort of physical problem that might make this kind of stuff difficult or painful, like, say, a knee problem (*ahem*, Layne!), let us know BEFORE the jumping commences!