Family Pictures Are Always An Adventure

I signed up to make a craft at Super Saturday that required a family picture. Since Solee has changed so much since our last pics, we decided to get updated pictures. I think I forget how difficult a task, getting family pictures can be.

The first step was to find a photographer that I can afford. I did that with relative ease thanks to Facebook.

Next, find coordinating outfits. This is difficult for me. I'm not naturally a stylish person. My kids and myself typically look pretty homely. If you notice in our last family pictures, Embrie didn't even wear shoes.

Finally, the photo shoot. For some reason Cayben has a strong objection to getting family pictures taken. He typically looks at the camera like this:

Or we get a lot of pictures like these:

Or he refuses to be in the pictures all together...

Unless he's holding a slug... (Yes there is a slug in our family photo!)

Or is being tickled.

It takes a lot of work keeping a family of 5 happy for a photo session. Shay and I left feeling like there was no chance that the photographer was able to catch a good family photo out of all of it. To our surprise, she captured several good shots.