Every time we go to the beach, we get a picture taken. All of the siblings on a bench, the same order every time. When we took the first one, there were only five of us.
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Not sure exactly what year this was, maybe 2000? |
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2005 |
By the next picture there were nine...
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2008 |
Then there were 11 (12 if you count baby Jack in my belly!)...
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2009 |
We missed the next year, but this summer there were 12 (plus one missing 10 year old, and 1 baby Luke in my belly,so really the grand total is up to FOURTEEN!). Also...this is a much smaller bench, aside from me no one is any wider than usual!
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2011 |
I wonder if we will have to start using two benches in a few years?!

I love this family!
ok matt looks 14 in the first one and 17 in the second.
ReplyDeletethen you see he became a daddy!! :)
Emily
Haha I know! I was just looking at our wedding pictures and I think he might have been 14 when I married him!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking..."I wonder how many benches we are going to need in the next couple years!"...Crazy. I LOVE this tradition though!
ReplyDeleteAsh
I love this--such a fun tradition!
ReplyDeleteAww - I love how your family keeps expanding. How fun to chronicle with photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo from our night on the town!
ReplyDeleteWould LOVE to have one, hint hint, haha! Love you, Oukie
such a great progression of photos. it's always fun to see how a family grows.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this! This is exactly why I want lots of babies. So fun to watch the family grow.
ReplyDeleteLOVE these kinds of family pictures!!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this! I will definitely be subjecting my children to this.
ReplyDeleteLOVE these pictures!! What a great idea and way to remember special memories :)
ReplyDeleteWhat fantastic pictures!
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