Family Portraits.....

We always do our "family portraits" around this time of the year so that we can send along pictures to our family and friends. The expectations of said portraits are never quite the same as the reality though, which is the reason why we make sure that we capture the "reality" of our family simply because it says a lot about the kind of peope that we all are. There used to be a time when the "family portrait" had to be perfect and everybody had to be smiling and looking at the camera and yay! Picture perfect family moment! <GAG!> It would take forever to get that one shot and really? It wasn't really worth it if you ask me. I'd much rather have a "true to life" moment captured that really shows the character of each of the individuals in the pictures that we take. The kids all being who they are, My Puppy Guts being his goofy self and me being mine. That's what a REAL picture perfect moment is. Capturing a true to life REAL moment that when we look back on it, you can really think, "I remember that shit! And this picture is so like everybody!" Fun times.