New Family Pictures! - Love & Messiness

We got some quick, new family pictures taken and I am so excited! I wish I had the chance to take these more often because our family changes so much! But unfortunately time is not on our side and our crazy life gets away from us!

And let me tell you…as many of you other mama’s know…taking a decent photo of a moody toddler is not an easy task! I usually take the kids pictures each year and at every milestone. I love that I am able to do this and I love the photos so much more than those standard school pictures!

This year I had big dreams of how they would turn out but I was rushed trying to keep Vayda’s attention. This means we came away with one good picture of each of the bigger three, a much of pictures of the four of them where the lighting was even too bad for Photoshop and a few snaps of a blurry toddler.

After this attempt, I contacted an ‘expert’…a great friend and family member who has some experience under her belt! I was hoping with me dancing like a fool behind her, we could get one shot of Vayda with a smile! Plus it’s hard to take a photo of the six of us and be behind the camera! Ha!

So we went out and tried again! We were still rushed, with the sun setting so soon any more and Vayda’s short attention span, but we came away with some good ones! Between my shots and hers, we came away with a good family photo, a good shot of the kids and a good picture of each of the kids separate! Here they are!

Here is our beautiful 9 year old, Marlee. She eats up being in front of the camera and I had a bunch of great ones of her…but this is my favorite!

Milo, our first son, 8 years old. He is to the age now where he actually directs me on how to style his hair…how is that possible?

And Chase…ornery Chase…6 years old. I spy a missing tooth and piercing blue eyes!

And finally, Vayda Mae (18 Months). This shot was the only one we got with a great smile and I may have been dancing like a fool behind the camera but it was worth it! This is sooo Vayda!