Langseth Extended Family:: Chippewa Falls, WI

These are my people.  No really, they are.  They are my family.

See that sweet girl with the curly hair, and looks like me? She’s my baby sister.  She got the curls and the height, I got the stick straight hair and the short genes of our family.  She’s fast and super athletic, and I just try to be. She is an amazing mom of six incredible kids, and I can hardly handle my three.

That guy she’s standing next to… He’s my brother in law.  We’ve all known each other since they were 15 and even that short time when they were broken up, we all somehow knew Claire and Andrew would end up together.  I’ve known his brother since he was shorter than me, and have photographed his sister’s and his brother’s weddings in the past few years and have known his parents for as long as I can remember.  They are my family.  Even though my sister and brother in law are really the only ones that are directly related to me, my kids call Andrew’s mom Grandma Lynn, and my son still is convinced that somehow Gabe, Mikaela, Rachel, Jared and Luke are his aunts and uncles.

So when sweet Naomi entered the world this summer and Jared contacted me to do an newborn photos and an extended family photo of the entire Langseth side, I had to convince Ben that he wouldn’t be seeing his extended aunts and uncles this time around.  We met in the quaint city of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (of which I never knew was so cute, I will be going there again!) at a park that was perfect to photograph all their family members, as well as end with celebration of joy and jubilee and water!