Family pictures...in 2012

Starting about 30 years ago, my mom would have pictures taken of the 3 of us every year. Sometime it was in the spring....or the summer....but normally it was at JCPenny's over Thanksgiving weekend...in UGLY sweaters. We would be just like the thousand of other kids standing in line....waiting, sweating....and complaining for the 20 minutes of smiling for snapshots to give out to grandparents or have a record of how we had changed from the previous year. Once I reached my pre-teen years, we added my cousins...till I hit college. Then pictures were only taken when we were all together at a family event like a wedding or family reunion.

That was until my sister and brother started to have children.....now we have started to have pictures taken AGAIN once a year....and the stories begins...

The picture we took in 2009...was on the beach in Florida...at sunset....everyone look great..well KIND OF.....my niece "decided" she needed to take a dip in the ocean....30 seconds before the picture. So she looked like a drained rat...and her parents...had that look of " should we laugh or cry" at the situation. That picture become the cover of our vacation scrapebook!

The picture we took in 2010....had us posing in front of a beautiful fountain in a quant lakeside town....problem was we were all facing the sun...so everyone's eyes were either closed or all squinty. That photo is up on the wall at my Grandmother's house.

In 2011 we wanted to have a new picture taken for Mother's day....we went to a photo studio, and everyone had coordinating outfits. This time the photographer...was a young girl...who had no business taking our picture. The only good thing about any of the shots...we were all facing forward. This special picture...is now sitting on the wall in my parents' den....in a really nice frame...no less!

This year we were bound and determined to get a good picture....we had the motivation of making it special. Rands, A.B. and I talked about places, outfits and "props". It was decided that SuperBowl Sunday was the date, and Target was the place. Since it was Feb., the "theme" was Love and red-pink-white outfits fit the bill. Everyone was on time.....the photographer was quick and got everyone to smile......so finally in 2012 we had pictures worthy of us and ones Bubbie could take with her..it reminds her what a beautiful family she has behind her on the road to her recovery.

So after all the bad sweaters and funny situations....we really are a good looking family....Don't you think?