{ They're all grown up....sigh }

When I was 21, my 2 beautiful sisters were born.  Alison.  Amanda.  Twins.  Both with blue eyes - one blonde, one brunette.  They are as different as night and day - but bonded like only twins can be.  My sweet Dad - he always used to say, "Ahhhhh, I've got 2 kids in college and 2 kids in diapers!"  He would say it with a wrinkled brow and a laugh.  Now, my darling sisters are 14, almost 15 (don't do the math on the age of big sis) :::sniff, sniff::: They. Are. Growing. Up.  Right before my very eyes.

Alison has been asking me for months to do a photo shoot with their posse of girls. :)  Always busy, never enough hours in day - I kept telling her I would make time.  Then, finally, I said alright girlfriends - let's DO this.  If I waited to be un-busy, they could very well be getting married. :)

So, here they are, with their girls.... (Alison in the orange shirt - Amanda in the pale pink shirt)

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A giggly moment - I love this next one.

This photo shoot was really out of my comfort zone - out of my element.  They wanted most of the shots to be posed, and that isn't easy for me.  I'm most comfortable chasing around a toddler or capturing the love between a squishy newborn and her Mama.  Candid moments that just happen - I capture them as I see them, and it just works.  Posed shots are not my cup of tea.  But I think that these turned out great.  So fun.  Oooooh, to be 14 again. ;)

Cool, right?  I love the star images.  So coolio, girls.  I had no idea what they were doing at first, but I just went with it.

I can remember carting the girls around town in my bright red Honda Civic.  Bottles, rattle-squeaky toys, pacifiers, burp cloths, diaper bags....I was loving being big sister.  When they were 3, I taught them to dance, and we would sing our hearts out ("shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your booooooooty").  Fast-forward, and now they're almost high-schoolers?  SIGH..... Oh, how I love these girls.  Oh. My. Heart. ♥

Alison ♥♥♥

Amanda ♥♥♥

Enjoy sistas!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Muuuuuahhhhh!!!!  XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Comments

[A.Lori]

Hey all~!!! I am enjoying the pictures.. Double Mmmmuuuuahh and XO's. Christi you did a good big sister thing and these Did turn out really cute, inspite of you feeling out of your zone. It is wonderful to see the girls. Just wait until prom and graduation...bring out the tissues. This is how I feel when I see you all grown up. Ooooh, I am already doing the math!

[joanne]

christi those shots are great and very touching as well. very good, and it's super to get out of the comfort zone! you're so talented. :)