Picture Perfect

My sister took some new pictures of us per my request the other day.  I have been wanting to get this perfect baseball picture taken all summer, but finding the time was almost impossible.  So...I decided that we'd pin down a day and then we'd go ahead and do family pics as well.  The boys always looks so cute with their super tan skin and freckles.  So I insisted that we take pictures...yes...AGAIN.  The boys were thrilled.  We told Big, Middle and Coach to "deal with it" and told Little that he could take pictures swinging his bat if he would smile nice for the family ones.  My sister is our photographer.  She just recently realized that she could do this as more than a hobby and I for one am super glad.  She has always had a knack for taking great pictures.  If you put our pictures of the same thing side by side...you'd know which one was mine immediately.  Usually lots of blurry red eyed monsters come out of my fabulous photography.  Hers...not so much.

I wanted to share with you a few of the not so perfect pictures though.  The ones that won't make the "cut" as far as the living room wall or Christmas cards are concerned.  I saw this on someone else's blog one time and laughed so hard.  To see others being less than perfect...just something about it makes your life seem more normal.  So...here you go.  No editing...just "Us".

 I like to think of this one as us running away...even though I think we are supposed to be looking adoringly at our precious children.

 Little doing whatever Little feels like while the rest of us are sweating.

 Big mad at Momma.  That my friends is the new attitude we've been talking about.  He cracks easily though.

 Big taking it too far with Coach.

  Middle mad at Momma.  He does not crack so easily.  Ugh.

 I wanted one of me and the boys.  Good job Big and Middle as Little crashed down on my lap unsuspectingly.

This is Little trying to choke me.  I really like this one.  Ugh.

As you can see here, Middle wasn't quite over being mad at Momma.

Big taking it too far with Momma.

  Oh the joys of picture taking.  I love my family.  I love taking pictures.  I just don't love taking pictures with my family.  Is that bad?  No...surely not.  I guess I need to work on the attitude that God has with us.  He loves us anyway.  Good, Bad, unwilling to take good pictures for their Momma.  I do love them.  Thank you Sister for taking our pictures and for capturing these moments that we could not live without. 

Have a blessed weekend!

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