we knew it was coming at some point...but didn't know when. jared and beth are engaged! he asked her on december 23 and she said yes! and we couldn't be more thrilled! there were times when jared was growing up, when i would try to imagine who he might marry, and who would be "good enough"...i think every parent thinks about their child's future, and wonders. i have always had confidence in his relationship skills. i know that may sound a bit arrogant on my part, but he was always very logical and wise about who he spent time with. from the first night we met beth, both tom and i were impressed. we couldn't have handpicked a better choice for j.
this is the most recent photo i have of them, from november.
it's funny, i took a photo of the ring, but no photo of them together on Christmas day.
we're so excited for them, and looking forward to hearing details of their plans. no details yet, and i'm trying not to ask too many questions!
we had a wonderful Christmas! tom was sick last year, so just having him well, was good. here are a bunch of photos from the festivities-
the shot above is the only shot i took on Christmas eve. that makes me sad, but i'm glad i have this one.
i better stop with these, because i don't want to cause a problem with typepad, the way i did with our local walgreens. walgreens has a special that ends today for prints for 10 cents each. so i had this brilliant idea to have photos printed for each of our kids. i loaded almost 1000 prints online to my local walgreens, and apparently shut everything down for a day. i had them cancel mine to free up their system! i did reload them 200 at a time and got the prints done by Christmas day. it was fun to give them the shots, because so often i have enlargements done for them for framing, but rarely print out prints for albums. so there are shots that they never see, that just sit on my computer.
today is ryan and jennifer's anniversary. happy anniversary guys!
i hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
God bless!
Hi Becky..love seeing your Christmas pics..what lens did you use for that wide angle shot of the living room? a wide angle? and you must have good lighting in your home to get such clear shots without a flash? I'm jealous..mine is so dark..did you use your 50mm 1.4? and congrats to your son...
Posted by: Heather Crawford | December 27, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Congrats to Beth and Jared! Weddings are so much fun :)
It looks like you had a beautiful Christmas :)
Posted by: Tina | December 27, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Merry Christmas! Congrats to your son and wife to be! I think they have a dog like our Charlie...Check out Charlie in his Christmas sweater... www.thesnapsisters.blogspot.com
What breed is their dogs-Charlie is a Yorkshire Terrier and Dachshund MIX.
Thanks for all your great inspiration in 2008!
Posted by: jodi | December 27, 2008 at 12:42 PM
i ordered 667 prints at our walgreens too lol....apparently people dont' do that often because they called me asking if i was SURE i wanted that many prints HA!
i wish i could be there to see their albums!!!!! hugs!
t
Posted by: tara pollard pakosta | December 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Oh what totally fun news!!!!
I LOVED looking at your Christmas photos! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: vicki chrisman | December 27, 2008 at 03:58 PM
Congrats to Jared and Beth! Thanks for sharing your Christmas photos. :-)
Posted by: Stefanie Hamilton | December 27, 2008 at 09:35 PM
looks like you had a fantastic holiday!
aja
Posted by: aja | December 27, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Congrats to your sweet boy and his girl! Can I say she sort of reminds me of his Momma? Love all your pictures -- great memories. Love all the wee ones in the new house. So fabulous. Happy New Year dear friend. . .
Hugs, Kim
Posted by: Kim Caldwell | December 28, 2008 at 07:50 AM
J There are going to be a lot of sad ladies out there, but we are THRILLED with the chosen one.
Posted by: brooke | December 28, 2008 at 03:24 PM
J today is a sad day in the lives of many women out there, but we are THRILLED with the chosen one.
Posted by: brooke | December 28, 2008 at 03:27 PM
i just love these peeks into your life, miss becky. you dazzle me.
Posted by: heather | December 28, 2008 at 07:01 PM
Great pictures, Becky! Congrats to Jared and Beth...how exciting!!!
Posted by: diane | December 28, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Hi Becky. I can't believe you shut down Walgreens!! Too funny (well, at least for me since I wasn't waiting on pics!)
Congrats to your son and his new fiance'. Happy Holidays to you! Renae
Posted by: Renae Clark | December 29, 2008 at 12:51 PM
**jumping up and down**
I knew it! I just knew it! Congrats on Jared's engagement! This is So exciting!
So silly, but I even thought about it on Christmas........wondering..........
Love all the family shots you got. Lucas would die over that Starwars display. He also got the AT-TE with several clones and droids.....he even had striped jammies on. :)
Posted by: kim Scrap to my lu | December 29, 2008 at 12:54 PM