Family Picture Day

Today was Chelsie's birthday. We all gathered at her house for a family get together. I decided it would be a great opportunity to retake our family pictures. We took them earlier at the Cook family reunion and I really didn't like the way they turned out. My hair was awful and uncooperative and my shirt made me look 7 months pregnant. Today my hair went exactly the way I like it for family pictures, can't say much for the 7 month looking belly, but that's a work in progress. I managed to get the kids and Ben in the outfits I picked out and no one spilled on them before we went out. The only thing that didn't cooperate was the wind and the sun. It was a bit irritating. Between those two downfalls it was making the kids a little more squirrelly than normal and they couldn't see a dang thing and of course squinted into the sun. Can I just say, I FREAKING HATE family picture day! Nothing ever seems to go right. Last year was the best year we had for family pictures. Our pictures turned out lovely. I just have to remind myself that when I look at how great they turned out, the fight it costs to get good pictures like that. I mean if you look close at last years pictures you will notice a wet spot down Natty's pants. No it wasn't water either. She peed her pants right before pictures. I remember being so irritated. Today I went through and looked at the pictures after it was over. While one or maybe two turned out ok I will have to say the family reunion ones were a little bit better. This by no means was the photographers fault. Chelsie took them for us and she took them just how I like them taken. No ones heads were chopped off, no ones bodies were chopped off. Everything was just right. It just didn't work out like I had hoped. It is very frustrating thing. Family picture day is really false advertisement of the picture perfect family anyway. All these pretty smiles and really just before the click of the camera there is chaos. Everyone screaming and fighting (mostly me) and others running around like wild animals (mostly the kids) and the rest are just pouting (mostly Ben). Well I think you get the picture. He are the fruits of our labors today.

 

 

 

Here are some cute one's that I was able to get of the kids. Poor Nat's lips have had it. I can't get her to stop licking them. Still a cute little stinker though!

 

 

 

 

Here are some pictures I captured of everyone else with us: