22, 21, 19, and 4. Guess who was the surprise? :) Indio Family Photographer

This is what happened the first time I said, "ok! Get cheek to cheek!"

Then I clarified.

That's right... ALL three of them are leaving on missions for our church soon.... and the proud parents:

Not quite empty nesters with little Ethan back at home... in fact after watching him in action, I'm pretty sure they'll have their hands plenty full. :) With two grown brothers, this little man is TOUGH. But after watching all the laughs and smiles out of him when he was with his brothers and sister, (can you tell how fun they are? Because I didn't fake it somehow in these pictures... they were the real deal) ...I'm pretty sure he'll miss them.

Ummmm, can I just say thank you Amy and fam for laughing with me and not at me when I got us in trouble for trespassing on the train tracks and this "railroad cop", who totally had it out for me (right?), made us listen to him for like 30 minutes while he took down every last detail about us? Thank goodness we were done. Thank goodness you're a laughing family and if you were mad at me I couldn't tell. :) So sorry!

Amy, this is the one where he'd said he'd ticket me if I took a picture of him so I very slyly snapped it as it hung from my neck and a noisy train passed by. Hah.

Good luck Jake, Aaron, and Erika! What an exciting time.