When you have a large family it's very challenging to take a good family picture. Traditionally we always take a family pic at Christmas so we have one to send out with our Christmas letters. This year we took a total of 35 family pictures at different times and in different settings hoping for just one where we were all smiling or at least all looking at the camera. Needless to say the kids are good at their fake smiles and "Cheese"s now. Thought I'd share a couple that just didn't make the cut.
This was taken in the evening and Rylan just wasn't his happy self. Lila also looks like she can't believe we would ask her to do such a thing as smile at this time in her life. The next one shows Rylan feeling the same way and Lila going into shock that yes, we are taking ANOTHER picture.
This next one you will notice Lila is distracted by the fact that Rylan is holding her cell phone. At least she is smiling. I also look like I am going to fall asleep because we took this shot at about 7:30 a.m. before Emily had to go out to catch the school bus.
When you have a large family it's very challenging to take a good family picture. Traditionally we always take a family pic at Christmas so we have one to send out with our Christmas letters. This year we took a total of 35 family pictures at different times and in different settings hoping for just one where we were all smiling or at least all looking at the camera. Needless to say the kids are good at their fake smiles and "Cheese"s now. Thought I'd share a couple that just didn't make the cut. 
This was taken in the evening and Rylan just wasn't his happy self. Lila also looks like she can't believe we would ask her to do such a thing as smile at this time in her life. The next one shows Rylan feeling the same way and Lila going into shock that yes, we are taking ANOTHER picture. 
This next one you will notice Lila is distracted by the fact that Rylan is holding her cell phone. At least she is smiling. I also look like I am going to fall asleep because we took this shot at about 7:30 a.m. before Emily had to go out to catch the school bus.
1 comment:
Looks like you have Ryan trained well though. He's got the same smile in each one, no matter the time or number of attempts. :-)
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