Y Family // Sibling Photos

Irvine Park is one of my favorite Orange County parks...especially during the autumn months when all the leaves fall and the light throughout the park is perfect for photos all day long. If you've never been there, the park is beautiful and has a little zoo tucked away in the middle of it. There's also a pond where you can rent paddle boats, bike trails (bike rentals are available too), a small train you can ride around the park, horse trails, pumpkin patches, and, of course, multiple picnic areas.

Many of you will recognize these three cute faces as you browse through their images, but for those who don't know, they are my younger siblings! I took them out for an afternoon of photo-taking as part of an anniversary gift to my parents.

The kids kindly volunteered (well, sort of...with some coercion) to help me write the blog post for their photos, so each of them has contributed a short blurb about the day. =)

"My favorite part of the day was getting to see all the peacocks. That was the first time I got to see peacocks in real life. They are really pretty and colorful with lots of blue on them. (They matched my shirt!) I am glad I got to have them in some of my pictures!" - Evan

"We got to go to the park with Erin for our photo shoot, which was really exciting! My favorite part of the day was getting to spend time with family, but it was also cool to be almost close enough to the peacocks to reach out and touch them. At one point, I scared Anna by telling her there was a bear a few hundred feet away from us. There was a large poster with a photograph of a bear on it over near the zoo enclosure. Anna believed that it was a real bear and was pretty scared. It was great! I also liked standing on the train tracks for one of the pictures. It was an amazing day!" - Andy

 

"Well, I had a bit of a blonde moment at the park when Andy pointed to a large photograph of a bear and told me there was a real bear not far from us. I thought the photo was a real bear and was actually pretty scared! I got over it, though, and the rest of the day was really fun! I enjoyed wearing Erin's sweater and my furry boots (yay for cooler weather!)." - Anna

The park is home to a few dozen (at least) wild peacocks that roam freely. We saw so many throughout the afternoon. I think Evan was the most excited to see them, but all three of the kids wanted to make sure they had a "peacock portrait" included in their photos.

To see the other part of Mom & Dad's anniversary gift, click here.

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