Family Pictures

Max and Sarah are smilers. They smile when they wake up in the morning. They smile at the cats. They smile when they brush their teeth. They smile when they give hugs. They smile when they are being sneaky. They smile at strangers. They smile morning, noon, and night. But put them in front of a paid professional and ask them to smile - the smiles disappear.

Was Mommy really requesting so much? Just a few pictures of the entire family instead of someone being hidden behind the camera. Although there were some beautiful individual shots (including ones I've already shared)...

this was as close as we got to family harmony.

I am the only person in my family who cares about pictures. Everyone else likes having them, but doesn't want to take them; not my husband or my children or my parents or my in-laws. They moan about being the subjects. They complain about not understanding the camera. I am the lone voice calling in the wilderness, "Take pictures! Preserve the memories!"

I know it is possible to have family pictures. Others succeed where we have failed. Now if we could only learn their secret...

Stinker!

Favorite guys

Is there an indoctrination program that produces the desire for picture-taking ?

I'm out of here!

If so, sign us up!

If not, then tell me some bribes that will work better!