and the winner is……..
February 21st, 2011 | Posted in Edmonton, Families, Fort McMurray | No Comments »
Ohana means family….and family means that no one is left behind : )
I hope that you all have the opportunity to spend time today with your family and that you take a moment to reflect on how blessed you are and what an amazing gift you have been given. Family is certainly precious and close to my heart and something that I think we often take for granted, yet shouldn’t.
Well the day has finally arrived to announce the winner of the Celebrate Family Contest that was started about 5 weeks ago. The entries that I received were fabulous and several of them brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to write and share a bit of your family with me and why you love them so much!
Up for grabs was a family photoshoot, the disc of their images AND a canvas print!
I am excited to announce that the winner of this prize is…….(insert drumroll!)……. Lindsay & Ryan, along with their daughters Jaryn and Emry! (of Sylvan Lake)
This is what Lindsay wrote:
I love absolutely love pictures….especially of my family and friends. In the past 5 years since Jaryn has been born I have been convinced by my friends to start scrapbooking. I am not great at taking pictures but creating memories for my girls and my family has now become very important to me. Ever since I was pregnant with Jaryn I have wanted to actually get professional pictures done but honestly we have never had the money to pay for a session with an actual photographer. Honestly for me, being able to raise my kids and not be out of the house working has been way more important then spending hundreds of dollars on photos with money I could be using to buy diapers and food for my family. We have always taken the girls to Superstore to get their photos done but still have not actually gotten someone who knows what they are doing when taking pictures take a picture of our family. I would love to be able to finally have a photoshoot done of my sweet little family that I love so much and be able to get pictures printed for our Family so that they can also show off how incredible my little family is.
I’m not sure if Lindsay knows this or not, but her sister also submitted an entry for their family. This is what she wrote:
I would love love love for her and Ryan to be able to have their beautiful family captured by you! They are such amazing parents and are raising such caring and thoughtful little girls with huge personality and the biggest hearts! I always tell her that she has set the bar pretty high for my brother and I with such great kids!
It’s not very often that Ryan and Linds take the time or the money to do something for themselves, yet they never complain about it. They are simply parents that will always put there kids first and would never even dream of doing things any other way. For them to be able to have the memories of their little family photographed professionally would mean the absolute world to them!
Congratulations to such a fabulous family!!
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…..and if you thought the contest was over…..it isn’t! I decided to expand it and hopefully bless two more families on this fabulous Family Day!! The following two families will get a family session and a disc of their images. They are…….
Leanne & Duane (and Kallen) of Edmonton!
Leanne wrote:
I would love to win to bless Duane. He is such a hard working, loving husband and father. He works hard so that way I can stay home and raise our son. His love for both of us is so apparent. He adores Kallen and is an awesome father. Every day we he comes home, Kallen goes crawling to him as fast as he can with the biggest smile on his face.He can say mama and dada, but continues to call both of us dada. lol. Kallen is growing up so quick and I would love to capture the love we have for each other with your talent, before his too big!
Jen (and Aiden, Jacob and Kian)of Fort McMurray!
Jen gets extra points for her creativity! She wrote:
F - is for forever; families stick together, fight for each other, and love each other.
A - is for amazing; despite the many obstacles my boys face due to their special needs, they continually amaze me with their humor, intelligence and love.
M - is for men; my goal is to raise my boys to be men of God; loving, compassionate, Christian husbands and fathers.
I - is for interesting; there is never a dull moment when you are raising three passionate and energetic boys!
L - is for love; during the good, the bad, and the ugly. My overwhelming love for these boys is a gift from God.
Y - is for Yahweh; who gives me the patience, the strength and the joy of being a mom.
Congratulations!!! I hope that you have a fantastic Family Day!
Christine
