Jacob Richard, age 11
Ethan Gregory, age 10
Grace Lillian, age 8
David Lloyd, age 6
Caleb James, age 3
I took advantage of the fall background colors and snapped a few individual portraits of my treasured jewels today.
They are all tucked in bed now, and the house is dark and quiet.
Time for me to curl up in bed with a good book, ignore my raging pregnancy related heartburn, and wait for my husband to get back home from his business trip.
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~Shanda~
Good to be Home 
Beautiful.
Your children are adorable!
Those are ALL definitely frame-worthy!!!! Great “school picture” shots. LOVELY smiles on your cute kids.
“When He cometh, when He cometh,
To make up His jewels,
All His jewels, precious jewels,
His loved and His own:
Like the stars of the morning,
His bright crown adorning,
They shall shine in their beauty,
Bright gems for His crown.” (William O. Cushing, 1823 – 1902)
Enjoy your book! I love James Herriot books!
You did a great job on your childrens pictures!!
Each face too precious for words! That said…I love the poem that alaskahannah quoted! Lord bless you sweet Mama.
blessings on your peaceful night…
I love these…especially Caleb’s. I hope you’re feeling better now and that Rich will be home soon. Love you!
What precious children. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us in Xangaland! Feel better!
I love your boys – but that Grace – she is the pictures of loveliness! Rest well, Mama.
I always love pictures of your sweet Grace. I guess because I am partial to girls (wonder why? lol) and she always just looks so sweet. I wish her and my daughter could be friends!
They are so cute. Jacob has healed well from his bike accident. I think David & Caleb take the cake for most photogenic:) I hope Rich gets home soon!
Loved the pictures Shan. Sorry I haven’t stopped by in a while!! Didn’t have internet for a while. Congrats on another boy!!! Do you have a name yet? Can’t wait to see a picture of him with all the other children. I posted some new pictures you’ll have to stop and check them out!!
Love ya and hope your doing well
Your portraits brought such a smile to my face. It was fun to look at them separately, seeing their difference and uniqueness
Awww…. oh and love the music… have been sitting here listening to it…
Sweet photos of your jewels! That heartburn is the WORST, isn’t it? I had it with my second. I love the James Herriot books. I think I have read all of them several times. Hope Rich got home safe and sound. Blessings!
You will treasure the pictures of your children for many years to come. Several weeks ago my siblings were looking at old pictures. It would have been fun to have many more.
What sweet faces!
Precious jewels indeed. Hope you had a nice reading time last night. That heartburn can be terrible! This last pregnancy, I broke down and took pepcids. I looked them up on the Kellymom site to see their safety rating, which I don’t remember now, but it seems safe enough.
You should have put going on nine. Its hard to belive David is six now. ps I was up all night.
Each of your children are so precious, and unique! You are such a good photographer. I hope your week goes better now that Rich is home. Love you!
What a nice way to wait out the time until Rich returned home – gazing at pictures of your sweet ones here! These pictures are beautiful as are the children in them!!! Grace always looks so sweet.Oh Shanda, I remember the heartburn all too well! Ugh. It started about four months into the pregnancy and continued to the end; it was especially miserable the last few weeks and I haven’t had a really long or good night’s sleep in months now. I hope you can get some rest; I know you will rest MUCH BETTER now with your hubby home…
the most precious jewels in ur whole world 🙂
who needs professional a photographer when they have mom!
What great portraits — they are each so precious, and you’ve captured each of them beautifully!
And what is your next jewel going to be named???? Love the pictures. They’re all adorable.
WELL they all look like you but ethan especially.try pineapple for the heartburn 🙂
What great photos! I like the fall colors in the background and your kids are so sweet!
What awesome pictures! They are so fearfully and wonderfully made. Love you! lish
How precious!!
…such cutie pies….
Beautiful kids. You are blessed.
Love the background, caleb cracks me up!!! They are so nice, I like the white border, it makes them looks so professional!
@mymeanderings – I’ll be mailing you some copies, I ordered them online after I took them on Monday. . . . .I just love how much I can do w/out ever leaving home!