With grateful hearts for famly and friends,

With Grateful Hearts

With grateful hearts for family and friends, for those near to us and those who are near in our hearts. For hope and joy, and sorrow and struggles. For laughter and tears, and the songs that He gives along the way. But most of all for Jesus...the Author and Finisher of our faith. It is with grateful hearts that we share with you here.






Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Photo Shoot

I now remember why it is that I rarely get family photos taken. It all started with the search through the deep recesses of closets for matching clothes. Then it turned to curlers, props, and lots of barking commands (on my part). And lo-and-behold, several hours later...we produced the following....among about a hundred others that made us laugh as we looked through them.







































I have recent individuals of Mitchell and Faith so just Matthew, Gracie, and Christian got individuals today.










I must say I was quite pleased.










Of course girls love having their picture taken.







Our dear sweet friend Mattie (hi Mattie :) took them for us.










A fine looking bunch of kiddos if I do say so myself.
















Oh, look....here's Mattie now. Many thanks, Mattie.

4 comments:

Kristi said...

Ah yes, the barking orders during family picture sessions. Great results for you though!

Tiffany said...

A beautiful family. Ha, Ha "barking commands" made me laugh out loud. Family photo shoots are exhausting on many fronts, but I usually forget the angst pretty quickly after I see the end product of a lovely memory.

Thanks for the advice on The Connected Child. I just checked it out of my library earlier this week.

Tiffany

Annie said...

Gorgeous pictures!!! The barking worked!!! LOL! Thanks so much for the the story on my blog!! Too funny:)

Annie said...

Yep! BTDT!!! I think I end up loving the out takes the best! They truly reflect our life as it is:) Hehe! You do have a beautiful family and those are some great pics!!

Thank you also for your comment! I wanted to post the year adoption video on you tube but it was one minute too long and I just couldn't cut any of it! Very glad you watched it! It was definitely a labor of love!