Sundancing: The Family Photo Shoot!

Our beautiful photographer and good friend, Traci!

When the notion of a Family Reunion was conceived the only stipulation I had was that we must have a family picture taken. It had been since 2003 and our family picture hanging on the wall in our bedroom was way outdated. That experience was so different than this one. We had all been together because of my mom's funeral, so the next day we took all the babies down to Sear's for some pictures.

The little ones were pretty resistant and they were so noisy people were coming to look into the room to see who was being tortured. In a word, it was pure bedlam and the picture captured it. Not a terribly positively reinforcing experience, so this time we were a little leery of what lay ahead for our appointment with Traci at 6:00 on Tuesday.

It was such a fun and good experience this time. All the kids were patient with the promise of hot tub time and treats, if all went well. (We are not above bribing when necessary!) They were little rock stars and we are very happy with the results of everyone's concerted efforts to give Gramma and Grampa the best anniversary gifts ever. We took the photos right next door and across the street from the big house. It was very convenient. I know some of you have seen these photos before but just in case you didn't, here they are.

Our Family