Aunts – the perreault family

i love weddings

Published on March 23, 2016 by kristenperreault4 Comments

Two weeks ago this Friday my beautiful sister-in-law got married. It was an absolutely beautiful day and she was a stunning bride. You couldn’t help but feel the overwhelming love while watching the two of them commit their lives to each other and then get caught up in the joy and laughter as we watched them celebrate all night long. It was beautiful to watch and so fun to be a part of. While I did have my camera with me, it just wouldn’t be right if I didn’t, I wasn’t able to shoot the wedding like I normally would have- being a part of the wedding party and having a 7 week old who was still nursing every two hours seriously cut into my photography time. Darn that sweet, sweet baby! That being said, I still managed to take a handful and I apologize for the ridiculous amount of photos I am about to post. It was a fantastic day and a wonderful start to their journey. Congrats you guys I love you both!

happy new year

Published on January 13, 2014 by kristenperreaultLeave a comment

2013 year in review…

January
We played outside (in diapers and underwear since it was SO warm), Jay learned how to ride his first bike and we celebrated his 3rd Birthday!

February
We made some updates around the house, I painted some new bedroom furniture, Jay was potty trained and Charlie really started running around.

March
We enjoyed a little bit of a cold front, found out that we would be welcoming another baby boy to the family, built our super cool backyard fort and hosted the shrimp boil.

April
We battled some a nasty cold where Charlie had to do breathing treatments, I finished Jay’s quilt, we played with cars, played outside and enjoyed our new slip and slide.

May
We celebrated Charlie’s half birthday, we grew butterflies, we played out front in our kiddie pool, started swimming again and played outside in the rain.

June
Charlie got his first haircut, we took a trip to Starbucks Springs, we swam a whole lot, I painted the boys joint big boy room and we vacationed in Anna Maria Island with family.

July
We welcomed our third beautiful baby boy, Luc, into the world, Jamie and I celebrated 7 years of marriage and I turned 31 years old.

August
We spent a lot of time in the pool, the boys finished their swimming lessons and Jay started preschool 3 days a week.

September
We visited with extended family while they were in town, attended Jay’s first school parade and swam some more!

October
Jamie celebrated his 33rd birthday, worked out the kinks of our new shared sleeping arrangements and therefore battled with some very tired boys; we built a whole lot of duplo towers, made some pretty adorable Halloween costumes and battled off some terrible preschool germs.

November
Jay attended his first Florida State football game with Jamie, Charlie celebrated his 2nd birthday and we enjoyed visiting with family when they were in town visiting.

December
We decorated our house for the holidays, enjoyed Jay’s preschool Christmas program, took a trip to Terra Ceia and enjoyed holidays with our boys and extended families.

Every January as I look back at our year I can’t help but feel so incredibly blessed. We have had a wonderful 2013 and I can’t wait to see what 2014 is going to bring!

first haircut

Published on June 9, 2011 by kristenperreault3 Comments

It’s photos like this,

this,

and especially this one…

the day before his haircut — one day before his haircut- believe it or not I did try to tame it this day

that made it really hard to ignore the fact that my little Jay Bird was in desperate need of his first haircut. That and the fact that I could no longer tame it with comb and a little water. Knowing that his curls would not disappear (like so many people said they would) Jamie and I decided to bite the bullet when Aunt Holly opened the barber shop and to get it cut. Bribed with a few jelly beans to sit still and sitting in his booster chair on top of an Outburst box he was transformed into a little boy… thanks Aunt Holly (the great) for the great new do!

bribery at it's finest (that's Jamie's hand with the jelly bean in the bottom right corner)

I don’t have any great after shots- sorry; however, some of the most recent photos that have been posted show off the new do. Check them out to see his handsome little self :)

cousin pictures

Published on January 13, 2011 by kristenperreault2 Comments

Every year when everyone is together (which is usually only at the holidays) Jamie’s family takes a cousin picture. Last year they (the Moms and Dads/ Aunts and Uncles) made every cousin a book with all of the pictures- it was so cool to see everyone grow up from year to year. And also pretty darn funny to see some of the clothing (a lot of it was from the 80’s and early 90’s). This year Jay (since he is a cousin too) was included in the picture. I can’t wait to see this picture continue to grow as the family continues to grow!

some other group shots that I (or others) took that day…

Michael and Mary Beth — Mary Beth and Michael

christmas catch up…

Published on January 11, 2011 by kristenperreaultLeave a comment

We took so many pictures over the holidays and I have been steadily trying to play catch up. I have finally sorted through all of our holiday ones so here they are…

Sit back, relax and stay awhile :-)

Daddy and Jay playing kickball — Daddy and Jay playing four square (they made a good team) at the Holly/Holly Birthday party

YAHA playing kickball — YAHA playing four square- one of my two favorites from the game pics

Mary Beth — Mary Playing a solo at the annual Sing-a-long

Maggie and Josh — I can't remember what song this was- maybe Josh would?

Aunt Nancy getting the Sing-a-long quilt, it was beautiful

Christmas Eve- the bows were so much fun!

the tree — beautiful tree- spoiled family

Santa came- Jay must have been good this year!

proof that Santa was here- reindeer tracks in our family room!

playing with his new toy — playing with his new pull toy

perreault family — Perreault Family picture- 2010

dancing to holiday tunes with YAHA and Mary Beth

Daddy and Jay — Daddy with a sleepy boy after his nap

annual picture — annual goofy picture of Scott and Frannie (or at least annual for Scott)

group shot attempt — trying to get a group shot

sunday fun day

Published on October 19, 2010 by kristenperreault4 Comments

If you thought Saturday looked like fun you should be jealous of our Sunday. To top off our weekend, Jamie, Jay and I spent the majority of our day at Mimi and Pepere’s house hanging out with Aunt Nicole, doing a little bit of swinging, watching Jeremiah cook and filling our bellies with the most delicious food! Did I mention that Jeremiah is a chef? Well he is and he’s a darn good one; I think all of us could have been rolled straight from the table to bed that night! It was such a wonderful (food coma inducing) day filled with family and laughter, and seriously, nothing tops that!

Yesterday, after going through the half gazillion pictures I took (a lot of which were food pictures- btw, I am more of a people-picture-taker than a food photographer but it was fun to try something new) I played around with aperture for a while. Enjoy a storyboard of sorts from our Sunday…

happy canadian thanksgiving!

Published on October 11, 2010 by kristenperreault3 Comments

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. So this past Saturday (since we don’t get today off) we all drove out to Mom’s place and celebrated by filling our bellies, taking family pictures and singing Happy Birthday to the two October babies (the outlaws- Jamie and Frannie). It was great to see Scott and Frannie and nice to celebrate as a family; that and we get two turkey dinners a year- what could be better?

Enjoy the pictures, wish we were closer and able to celebrate with everyone up North…

family — group shot- taken with a timer and therefore no one to get Jay's attention

scott, frannie and jay — Uncle Scott, Auntie Frannie and Jay

kristen, jay, mom, scott — brother, sister, mom and grandson shot

most recent family shot of us- love Jay's smile, he is laughing with Auntie Frannie I think

dinner — Daddy trying really hard to keep everything on the table

birthday people with what looks like a bored Scott

p.s.

Published on August 6, 2010 by kristenperreault1 Comment

YAHA is home for the week- yahoo!!!

people we miss…

Published on August 5, 2010 by kristenperreault2 Comments

Jamie, Jay and I are blessed to have so many family members living close by. We are frequently able to celebrate occasions, show off Jay’s new tricks and just spend good quality time with the people that we love. However, for as many people that live close by there are that many and more that don’t live near us. We are so grateful for all of the time that we do get to spend with them but hope they know that it’s not as much as we would like to.

Here are just a few pictures from some of our recent (this is a relative term) visitors. We miss you all, those pictured and those not, terribly and wish we could see you more often!! Love you all…

Jamie’s Cousins Mary Beth and Sean

Uncle Scott and Auntie Frannie- Sorry Scott, I don’t have a recent picture of you and Jay :-( We will have to rectify that when we see you all later this month!

Aunt Nicole

minus the fireworks…

Published on July 4, 2010 by kristenperreault1 Comment

Jamie, Jay and I had a wonderful 4th of July. We spent our day sleeping-in a little (not because Jay slept longer- he was up at 5 and again at 7, so we all crawled in for his first nap of the day), we went for a walk with the two dogs after getting up, it was hot but enjoyable with a stop at Grandpa and Grandma’s house and we finished the day with a cook-out at our place. Jamie grilled burgers and dogs and we had corn, watermelon and crust-less cheesecake for dessert with peaches and blueberries-yum!!

We are headed to bed now to get some shut eye with hopes that the dogs and Jay can sleep through all of the fireworks, maybe we’ll enjoy those with Jay next year… Goodnight and happy 4th!

a great group shot of the supper crew before we filled our bellies :-)

By the way… Jay was wearing a super cute “first 4th of July” outfit; however, he decided to spring a leak on it before we could get any pictures of him in it. Maybe I will grab some of him in it tomorrow, just to show that it was worn.