FAMILY PICTURES

We had family pictures done at Wheeler Farm last weekend so sadly I cannot take credit for these. We had our amazing close friend who has an AMAZING camera take them.
First off I HATE family pictures!!! And who hates them more than me?! If you know David at all he's the first person who probably popped into your head. So what do I do?
SCHEDULE FAMILY PICTURES DURING THE BYU GAME!!! I really didn't do that on purpose, but I did think it was funny that it happened like that.
So anyways, back to the photo shoot. I hate them because I get soooooo stressed out from what to wear(even after all the stressing,changing twice, I still got the outfits screwed up! Overalls?!REALLY!) to every bribe I can think of for my kids. I think at one point during the photo shoot all 5 of us were crying. In the beginning Austin and Addie REFUSED to get their picture taken. Anytime JEB (our photographer. He has a really long name. When his wife emails me thats what she does so I got stuck doing it) so anytime JEB brought the camera up Austin would literally SCREAM in his face. As the shoot wore on Austin and Addie warmed up. And what does idiot mother bring for bribes?! SUCKERS!!! So almost every picture Austin has a sucker in his mouth. So now its time for family picture and yep, you've guessed it: AUSTIN HAS COMPLETELY LOST IT!! FULL BLOWN CRYING, SOBBING, YOU NAME IT! So a passerby gives Austin what she thinks will cheer him up. Oh yes on a NORMAL day this would have been GREAT, but on PICTURE DAY what does she give him?!?!: A FREAKIN COW BALLOON!!!!!! Not just a solid color, plain balloon A COW BALLOON THAT HE NOW REFUSES TO LET GO OF!!!!!!!!
So we get in our positions and JEB asks if he can have the balloon and he screams in his face again (JEB was used to it by now) So in my mind I am PRAYING like I have never prayed before in my life!!!!! Somehow JEB gets the balloon away and ties it to his tripod. So he takes a couple of pictures and we're done. Then JEB brings his camera over to me so I can look and says "I have no idea how this happened." I look at the picture and Austin is SMILING!! My prayer was answered! (Now I have to figure out how I am going to get to the temple 5x a month, pay extra tithing, and not yell at my kids as much....be careful when you are bargaining in prayers)
I'm not posting the family picture just yet. I'll post it the same time I send Christmas cards, but here's a few that turned out pretty good. Gotta love the ones of me and Dave! On the outside: Ahhh happy married couple. On the inside ME: Just please pretend your not mad at me and you shall be rewarded. DAVE: YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME WATCH A TAPED BYU GAME!!!!!
I will take credit for the photo editing though