DIY Family Portraits

My trusty photog took a job with CIY (Christ in Youth) and moved to Missouri, great for him, bummer for us.  So rather than scramble to find a new one, we decided to tackle our own family pictures this year.  It was hilarious, but luckily we got several good ones we could use on our Christmas card.

Here are some of the outtakes.  

While trying to capture the perfect lighting, Noah decided he would rather collect and play with sticks.
"Look, it's a baseball bat!"

 "Now, it's a light saber!"

Constantly wiping sister's nasty runny nose.

I forgot to lengthen the seconds on the timer.  I think I had it on 5 and couldn't get across the bridge that quick.  HA!

"Can you all sit like this?"

 "No, we'd rather do this..."

"and this..."

"...and this..."

 "Look, now we're airplanes!"

Elli thought the timer feature was hilarious and would look at Noah for his reaction so we have several of the side of her head.  :)

Crazy!

Elli luuuuvs her babies (and I love mine).

Sweetness.

"Let's go to the park!!!"