Monday, August 04, 2008

New Portraits of the Kids!

Do you ever have one of those days when your love of blogging does not necessarily provide you with an idea for a post? That is me today. Love you guys, but man, just can't think of much. So here is my best effort!

While we were in Utah I decided to wrangle new pictures out of my kids. See I love Targets portrait studio. I know just what to ask for there to get a good result and they are cheap. Cheap enough that my kids have always had their pictures take at least every 3-4 months. Until we moved. Target does not have portrait studios in my area. Very sad day for me. So they haven't had their pictures taken by anyone but me for the last year. So I haul them in. Forgetting that Joshua has not grown up like the other two, getting his picture taken constantly. He was a terror! Yeah, that kid that you see at the portrait studio and feel so sorry for the mom. That was us. It is amazing to me that any of these turned out and considering how upset I was at the time at him, I really like them!



I don't look too mad do I? Oh, yeah, the other two acted like circus monkeys the whole time too. No real smiles, strange cocking of the head. Oh, and Dad was still in California when we did this so we look like a single parent family. Oh well, it will still be okay for his desk at work.
Cute face, but not his real smile. I know, it is hard to look at those blue eyes and be mad at the kid!

Good thing this kid is cute. And that the Target lady had a really fast shutter speed on her camera. Notice there is not one picture where he is not being bribed with a car or ball.


Brittany's close-up appeared a few days ago when she posted her list.





But here they are hanging on my wall! All said and done I am still glad I suffered through and had them taken. Now if we could just get a new family picture...

11 comments:

Circe said...

You always have the cutest pictures of your kids. Love the skirts, too!

Sandra Evertson said...

They are Beautiful!
Sandra

Anonymous said...

Those came out great! We still dont have an official portrait and Andres is 2 1/2! I like the up close shot of your son..that one is a perfect shot.

KKJD1 said...

You have a beautiful family. i enjoyed your post today. So Im glad you couldnt think of anything else to post about.
Hope you have a blessed day, Karen

love.boxes said...

They turned out so cute Michelle!

Sarah Smiles said...

so adoarable do you have extra copies

Mikki said...

cute pictures.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. i love getting to meet new people.
Good luck on my give-away!!

Sandy McTier Designs said...

Gorgeous photos! I so need to have new professional photos of my boys together! I cannot even remember the last time we had a family portrait done - oh yeah I do - it was from our church but those were so bad they are hidden somewhere in a closet.
Have a fabulous week.
Blessings,
Sandy

Unknown said...

Beautiful family! I am sure the kids were not as bad as you think they were. They are adorable!!

Unknown said...

Love the photos of your munchkins. They are too cute! The skirts you made for your daughter are really cute!

Elise said...

I would say, fun, but I know its not. The last time we went to an actual studio it was the farthest thing from fun. Torture, actually. Your photos turned out good, though.
Elise