Family Photos

One of my 'bucket list' items from 2014 was to have family photos done.  I love taking selfies with the kids, but aside from that, I'm not really in photos and we very rarely have any of all four of us.  But, good photography, while an investment, is so expensive!  The last photos we had professionally taken were in 2012, when Riley was just 9 months old! 

And so, a very popular photographer advertised a mini-session day and I jumped on it.  I figured it would be the best way to get some photos.  I reserved our spot and paid for the smaller package - five images on a disc.  I thought that would be good...one of the family, one of each of the kids, and one of the family. 

But then....the day came, and despite only have twenty minutes with the photographer, I was blown away by how many pictures she snapped.  We got in the car and I immediately told Jarrod, 'I'm going to be really disappointed when I can't see some of those shots she took...' so I emailed her, paid to upgrade to the bigger package, and got all these amazing photos of my lovely family.  I'm so thrilled with them!

Photo-a-Day

I found on Pinterest a Photo-a-Day idea for July and decided to try it....I realize I should have mentioned this earlier in case anyone else wanted to give it a shot, but if you're still interested in jumping in 9 days late, you can find the info here: http://fatmumslim.com.au/photo-a-day-july/

I really have a LOT to blog about, but for now....let me get caught up on this.

Day 1: Self Portrait

Day 2: Busy

Day 3: Best part of your day

Day 4: Fun

Day 5: On the floor

Day 6: Chair

Day 7: Garden

Day 8: Lunch

 

And a few thoughts....
{Day 2} Is dinner time the busiest part of everyone's day???  Seriously, it's the most tiring part of being a SAHM!
{Day 3} Really, there are many parts of my day that are much better than what that picture shows, but it is the best way to start my day...coffee and blogging are my favorite ways to wake up.
{Day 7} That's our failed attempt to grow a potato plant.  I really suck at growing things.
{Day 8} Confession:  That's our dinner...but yesterday, we didn't really eat lunch, so I snapped a photo of the yummy grilled pizza we made for dinner. 

Family Photos

Just like many moms all across the world, I'm rarely in pictures with my family because I am the one taking the pictures!  That's why I was so so so excited to get some professional family photos taken of the four of us.  I stressed for a long time about what we would all wear so we were perfectly coordinated, and then of course, the while week they were predicting storms for the morning we were scheduled to have them taken.  I really wanted outdoor pictures, so we were very lucky that the rain ended very early and we got to spend 40 minutes or so outside with Stephanie, one of Jarrod's coworkers, as she snapped away.