head shots

if only they smiled like this all the time...

boys winter pics

Thought I'd share some of the latest images my new camera has captured. I usually do fall pictures of the boys, but this year (as you can see in the background) it got done a little late. I was still pleased with the results...


With this many kids, it usually takes quite a few shots before you get one decent one, but this year went much quicker. Maybe the cold is incentive for them to smile their best so they can get back inside. Lest you think I'm a horrible mother, let me tell you that they had on long-johns and long-sleeved shirts under their blue dress shirts and it was ONLY 20 degrees outside.

I love the blues and browns together in all these shots and after seeing how they turned out, wasn't even upset about the snow in the background.

I should tell you though, that we "scrambled" around quite a bit to find something for the boys to wear. I wasn't organized enough this year to find them anything matching or even coordinating. So, we dug in closets to see what we could find. Luckily they all had long-sleeved white shirts and some form of blue dress shirt. The only trouble was that the smallest one's shirt was, well small. So, I ripped shirts off the other three's backs and passed them down the line, knowing I had a hand-me-down shirt for the oldest boy from one of his cousins. Viola! They're all wearing shirts at least one or two sizes too big, but it made for a much better picture. And a much happier photographer/mother.


And, here's my trick to get four boys to cooperate for the next few shots - let them make a funny face for at least one picture. It turned out so well, I had to include it.