Favorite picture (of me)

Day 17 - we're over halfway there - and this is an easy one: A favorite photo of yourself and why.

In 2001 Aaron and his sisters and their husbands and our niece Lauren had pictures taken to give to Aaron's parents for Christmas. Our photo shoot was at Goodale Park in Columbus; who knew that six years later we would be living in walking distance to the park. I was so pleased with how well all these pictures turned out (and there were a LOT). I'm going to sort of cheat here and show you two. I think the "why" is obvious. Besides the fact that my hair looks amazing, they're just such happy pictures!

You can tell this is older because Aaron has hair! I wanted to use that one because you can see my face, but this next one is my true favorite and it's on my desk at work.

And now, for your listening pleasure, and in honor of Put on Purple Day for Lupus Awareness and my bloggy friend Marla, I'm linking up with Whitney for #backthatazzupfriday.