John’s “baby brother” came to visit us a couple weeks ago and we had SO much fun with him. We did all sorts of fun things like going to Takaoka to see our dinner being cooked in front of us, the studio to play with photos, Coney Island, Miles’ Saturday morning clay class, sky lanterns, playing with toys and of course sitting around the table enjoying food and conversation. Oh and coffee. We made lots and lots of coffee as a weekend with two kiddos wears you out!

Here’s a super fast paced slideshow of our antics in the studio complete with a pillow fight set to Miles’ favorite dance party song. It has some cute behind the scenes shots too. (You’ll notice the paper is always wrinkled when Miles is around because he just goes nuts at the studio. I really only worry about perfect backdrops for clients. For me? I’m just lucky to get him in front of my camera.)

Mark visits the studio: 2011 from Betsy King on Vimeo.

We were amazed that John’s young and hip bachelor brother would want to hang out and do just regular family of four stuff with us. I mean, these days our life is wayyyyy more work than play, especially when it comes time to put two kids to bed. He jumped right in though, even feeding and playing with the baby.

Hey there’s John in his new glasses looking on.

The pugs are always very interested in meal time.

Story time was a hit with even the pugs and their nasty breath joining in.

Some studio favorites:

Thank you so much for coming Mark! We were in a total deep winter slump and really had a great time taking a mini vacation from regular life to hang out and play with you. Can’t wait to see you again in April!