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The Norris Family

Through the years, one photo album at a time.

Where It All Began · Babies and Backyards · Same Traditions, Different Years · Growing Up Together · Out on the Road · A New Chapter · The Newest Faces

Where It All Began

Every family has a first chapter. Ours is on film, in formal wear and big hair.

Wedding party posed in a church, in formal wear and blue dresses
The wedding party, from the old album
A woman hugging a toddler with a pacifier
Pacifiers and big hugs
Parents with a young daughter and a baby at home
When the family was four

Babies and Backyards

Leaf piles, swing sets and whatever the season brought.

A father and daughter buried in a big pile of leaves
The annual leaf pile, which never stayed raked
A father throwing leaves in the air while his daughter watches
Leaf fight
A girl in bunny ears holding up two Easter eggs
Egg hunt champion
A girl with a pink umbrella beside a rose garden sign
A rainy day among the roses
A girl and a baby posing by a Christmas tree
First Christmas together
A big sister kissing her baby sister on the cheek
Big sister duties
A child on a swing at a wooden backyard playset
The swing set, finally finished

Same Traditions, Different Years

The costumes get smaller, then bigger, then smaller again. The traditions stay.

Halloween

A group of children and teens in Halloween costumes
The whole gang in costume
A girl with fairy wings and a toddler in a blue costume
A new generation of trick-or-treaters

Birthdays

Three kids behind a birthday cake with lit candles
Candles, and a room full of wishes
A toddler in a high chair reaching for a berry cake
A first candle
Two young girls gathering eggs in a yard
Easter in the front yard
A toddler holding up an egg and a pink basket
Showing off the first find
Children hunting for eggs near a tree
The hunt is on

Growing Up Together

Silly faces, board games and first days of school.

Two smiling sisters, close together
Partners in crime
A father making funny faces with two kids
Every selfie went like this
Three girls playing a tabletop game
Game night gets serious
Three children with backpacks in front of a tree
First day of school
Two teenagers with backpacks by a brick wall
Not so little anymore
A family wearing fun animal ears
Ears for everyone

Out on the Road

Caves, mountains, lakes and every roadside sign worth stopping for.

The family posing together inside a cave
Underground, and all looking the same way for once
Kids at a mountain overlook surrounded by greenery
Point at the mountains
Three kids fishing from large rocks
Waiting on a bite
Kids at a painted cutout board at a dairy farm
Ice cream stop
A father and toddler on a carousel
Carousel ride
A large group sharing ice cream at a table
Ice cream, again
A couple beside a large Route 66 sign
Getting our kicks
A couple taking a selfie above a lake
Just the two of us
A couple taking a selfie near a waterfall
Worth the hike

A New Chapter

The family grew by one, on a beautiful fall day.

A bride and groom among autumn trees
The newlyweds
A bride and groom close together with a bouquet
Just married
A bride and groom kissing under orange leaves
Fall colors
A wedding ceremony outdoors beside a gazebo
The ceremony

The Newest Faces

And the story starts all over again.

A surprised toddler holding a pink balloon
The birthday girl meets a balloon
A fairy costume and a blue costume on a sidewalk
Trick-or-treat rookies
A child with fairy wings in front of pretend snow
Fairy, seen from behind
A toddler running through a living room as family looks on
Nobody can keep up

Still making memories

Five family members together at a mountain overlook
Still making memories

More chapters to come.