Christmas 2011

This has been a wonderful year! All of our kids are healthy and working hard to make it all work for their lives.

The most exciting news this year is that we had another grandchild. We had a grandson named Alistair Liam Lochridge. He's a beautiful guy, and we love him so much. He was born September 18th at 6:15 and weighed 10 lb. 11 oz. Big boy! But he's so healthy and his mom is healthy and so we couldn't be happier. Here's a photo just hours after his birth.

He was a gift from God to us all, but most especially to Dallin, Jessica and Ellimere.
He's grown a bit since then. He's nearly three months old in this photo. This is one of those random shots that is a bit blurry, but so cute!

We had to rush our family pictures this year due to everyone's busy schedules, but it's always worth it and I really appreciate my kids being willing to work with me on it.

It's impossible not to have some goof-offs in this group, so I just "let it go" and had to relax!




Here are a few single family shots and just fun stuff.

Merry Christmas to you all. I hope you've enjoyed another year past and are looking forward to a year ahead. We love you and appreciate whatever role you play or have played in our lives. God bless you all.

Until next year..

Love,

The Lochridge family

Christmas 2010

Christmas was a bit different this year. Kids are moving on and life is changing rapidly for us, as we knew it would. You can't have all of your kids at once and not expect them to leave at once.

We did have a fun photo shoot this year. The wheat field was a real challenge because the farmer was wanting to cut the wheat and we were wanting to get pictures in the field. But as luck would have it for us, the farmer had to wait on bad weather to cut, so we slipped in on a few good evenings and got these photos.

Dallin and Jessica are still living close by. Jessica plays in the symphony and Dallin is still a goldsmith. Elli is just growing up and loves to sing and dance. We sure do love having them in our lives as much as they can be.

Lorin and Joy were married this November. They live even closer to us. They are both going to school and building a life together. We love having another daughter in the family.

Carson is home from Brazil and going to school as well. He's a pleasure to have around. He's still living here with us.

Bryton spent Christmas in Peru. He's doing really well and is very happy there. His Spanish is getting better and better.

Aspen is finishing up her senior year in high school. Next year will see big changes for her as she's turning 18. She plans on school and work. She most likely has to go through some major surgery this summer, so may have to let mom take care of her for a while.

Jeff is still goldsmith, as well as being super busy with chickens and just keeping this place from falling apart around us. He works really hard.

Julie is transcribing and painting. She is busy just keeping everything together and being a mom.

Our family is happy and well. And for that we are thankful.

Have a wonderful year and may God bless you.

Christmas Photos 2010

Merry Christmas to all our freinds and family who may view this site!

It has been a good year for us. Everyone is pretty much healthy and happy. Dallin and Jessica are doing well. Their baby, Ellimere, is growing and changing so fast. Dallin is still a goldsmith. Jessica is playing in the orchestra, and does an amazing job. Lorin is home from Italy this year and getting ready to start school in January while starting up and running a videography business. Carson is in Brazil and learning so much about himself and others while learning Portuguese. Bryton is finishing high school and working driving a pharmacy delivery car here and there; he is partner with Lorin in the video business. Aspen is working as a waitress and still doing her high school course as well. Jeff is still working as a goldsmith and taking care of his chickens--they give us a dozen eggs a day. And I am working as a transcriptionist and forever at my artwork.

So, as you can see, we are good! We look back at this family of ours and can't believe how fast our kids grew up. In just a few years we could likely be "empty-nesters" at the young age of 48. That's a sobering thought for parents. Hopefully, our home will always be a place to come back to and get together. We can see the kids and their babies and send them home for the night. We can go to bed without any worries of being awaken by them. :) Although, I hear that the aches and pains of old age wake you up at night. So maybe we'll hit a sweet spot there where we're neither young nor old and can sleep well for a few years yet. Who knows?

I am very happy in my life. My husband treats me great and we have a loving relationship. I don't know why I was so lucky. This Christmas is actually the tenth year mark of his accident--the Christmas Eve he was hurt and we spent a lonely Christmas morning without him. So we never take him being here for Christmas for granted. It's really hard to believe he's done so well on his "fake" hip for ten years. Hoping for more!!!

Enjoy our family photo shoot. We had a lot of fun and the sunset, as you can see, was unbelievable. Our photographer can be contacted at silverstudios.photo@gmail.com if you like his work. We did a lot of goofing around. But that's just us. We also had a few extras: Tim, a friend, and, Gianesi, a cousin. Just so you know who they are. Gianesi lives with us and Tim might as well. For those of you who don't know, you can click on each photo to see a larger version and then just back arrow to go back to the blog.

Take care everyone. We hope that you find joy and peace in your life this coming year. May God bless you all.

Love,
Us!