Sunday, May 18, 2008

Proud

The whole family came to support Nicole and Christian and luckily the wedding landed right at the beginning of Brett's spring break from the University of Michigan. So we got to have them for 10 wonderful days!! One of my very favorite things to do is watch my kids parent. Brett is such an amazing dad. He makes fathering look SO fun. I just love to sit back and watch the commotion. He uses sound effects as a favorite parenting tool and he's easy to locate if his kids are anywhere near...just follow the screeching. He is passionate about his family and that's where he finds his joy.

The Brett Hulet's-Brett, Braxton,Jozalyn and Jen

He is lucky enough to have married someone who shares his passion for family. Jen is devoted to her brood and no detail of their care is overlooked. She enjoys being a mom and wife and her family thrives under her devotion to them. She is one of my favorite people to hang out with. And she also shares my passion for Last Chance. They went 3 times while they were here.
I snapped this picture early one morning when Brett had gotten up with Jozalyn and was trying to let Jen sleep in while getting some time with the books studying for the Dental Boards. He was reading Dental Anatomy to his daughter. It might as well been written by Dr Seuss, because she was totally captivated. (Who wouldn't be, root canals have always been such a great source of entertainment for me)
Meet Braxton, Brett's shadow and best buddy. They have their own language. When Braxton gets hurt he let's Brett know if he "needs a hug" or if he can "walk it off". They have "Smack Down Time" and compare each other's "GUNS" and give each other "POWS". No little boy ever loved his daddy more and this daddy never needs to be reminded of what it feels like to be a little boy, because the lttle boy in him, is never very far away.

Portraits

Nicole loves pictures. She takes her camera wherever she goes. When I put together a video for her and Christian I had tons of great pictures to choose from. They had pictures of almost every significant moment of their courtship and lots of great random shots. So it came as no surprise that as she budgeted for her big day, she wanted to hire a photographer that she felt a lot of confidence in. We went to the bridal fair here in Phoenix and Nicole was really drawn to one photographer, Tawnya Hood. They hatched a plan to take the portraits the week after the wedding up at my sisters lodge in Heber AZ. So Christian and Nicole went up to the lodge a few days early for their Honeymoon and I brought the photographer up the next weekend. So I thought I'd post a few of the portraits Tawnya took.