Christmas Surprise

Earlier this year, Rob and I went to a charity auction for the Boy Scouts. Our friend, and artist, Justin Kunz put up for bid a customized portrait and we were the lucky winners of his work. We got together with him and discussed what he does and the type of thing we were thinking, and left the rest to him. He agreed to include all four children in the portrait, which was so exciting to me! He came to our home and took pictures, and then he worked on it when he could squeeze it in to his busy schedule. I had not seen any of the progress on the portrait, but Rob and Justin sneakily worked together so Rob could surprise me on Christmas:

For an image of the portrait, click here.

9 Comments

  1. Kyla
    Dec 27, 2008

    That is so awesome and the portrait is gorgeous!

  2. Erica
    Dec 27, 2008

    I must be your sister…I am totally crying with you! It is BEAUTIFUL! I couldn’t say “gorgeous” because Mom used that word 50 times. What a gift!

  3. Tami
    Dec 28, 2008

    That seriously made me cry too Amy. WOW!!!!! What a treasure.

  4. Heidi
    Dec 28, 2008

    It captures all of your kids beautifully! What a great gift, I love it!

  5. Melly
    Dec 28, 2008

    That is so fun, that did a great job. Such a special gift. And, Amy I have those exact jammies, what great taste you have.

  6. Jenny
    Dec 29, 2008

    Beyond priceless. It’s gorgeous!

  7. heather
    Dec 29, 2008

    I love it! It’s so beautiful! What an incredible gift to be able to have for years to come!

  8. Kirsten
    Dec 31, 2008

    Wow! It is beautiful. I am crying, too!

  9. korby
    Jan 2, 2009

    WOW!!! That is INCREDIBLE!!!