Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Story of My Life -- In Family Pictures

Today I'm linking up with Kelly for Show Us Your Life: Family Pictures.

Once upon a time there was a little girl and her family didn't take a lot of family pictures. There were reasons for that, which the little girl understood, but they aren't important to this story. What IS important is that for about seven years after Grade 5 whenever that little girl went to her aunts and uncles' houses the same old family picture (with her in glasses and braces and corduroy overall knickers for goodness sakes!) was always on their fridge. So she determined that when she had a family of her own she would take lots of family pictures.
My family in the late 70s. I think this was a church directory photo taken by some professional photographer. I'm loving my dad's beard and tie, my mom's pantsuit and collar, and the shortness of my dress! Hahaha!!!

So the little girl eventually grew up, got married and got pregnant. And convinced her husband that they should take part in a cheesy professional photo shoot on their vacation in Jamaica. (Trust me, I picked the least cheesy picture I could!)
Then a little boy named Sam was born to them and the woman was soooooo excited to have professional family photos taken so she subjected her family to them when her son was three months of age...
 ...six months of age...
 ...and one year old.
Notice how her husband was less and less excited as the year went on!
Then around the time of Sam's second birthday, the woman won a photo shoot and portraits on Facebook. Awesomeness!!! So she decided to use it to get some maternity pictures as well as some pictures of Sam at two. (My absolute favourite picture from this shoot is when the photographer asked if I would mind having some topless photos taken and then I joked, "Only if Dave gets topless as well." The photographer thought that was a great idea and then Sam, upon seeing both of us without shirts, insisted on being topless too! So we have a picture of me, Dave and Sam all tastefully topless and laughing hysterically! But I decided not to share that photo with the interwebs so you get this one instead!)
 (photo by Heather Muse Photography. If you want to see more photos from our session on Heather's blog go here and scroll down to the last post.)
Finally the new baby arrived, she was named Rachel and the family pictures now had Rachel in them. Here's the family with Rachel at seven weeks old.
And here's the family this past summer, shortly after Sam turned three and very shortly before Rachel turned one.
And here's an informal picture (taken by a friend) the family used on their holiday card this past December. And you can be sure that this family will continue having family pictures taken, both formally and informally, until about forever!
All pictures, unless otherwise credited, were taken at a grocery store chain here in Canada (Zehrs or Superstore, depending on where you live).
Also, as you can tell, I don't have these pictures as digital files on my computer, so I had to dig them all out of albums, take a picture of them and then post that. I'm sorry if the quality isn't great!
And if you haven't gotten enough of family pictures you can go here to see a post I did on the outtakes from our holiday card in 2011.
And now I'm going to go get some new family picture ideas by visiting the other blogs in this carnival. My family will be thrilled :)

13 comments:

  1. Yours was the first one I picked from Kelly's Korner to look at. There was just something precious about your little pic, so I clicked on it and it led me here. Your family is just beautiful. We have 2 sons, ages 13 and 11, and they aren't as crazy about family portraits as they were when they were little. I still take them, though! Enjoy Sam and Rachel . . . the days are long, but the years are short! God bless you.

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    1. Thank you for your lovely comment. And I agree, the days ARE long but the years seem to be flying by. I wish I knew how that worked!? And I will continue to take family pictures long after my kiddos aren't thrilled with them. It's part of being a mom, I think.

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  2. Fun post! My favorite is still the one at the top though... your dad's beard is pretty impressive!

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  3. Haha YES...that picture from the 70s is fantastic beyond words!! You were way too cute!! And the beard...magnificent.

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  4. Great pictures! We haven't had any done since Catherine's newborn pictures. For shame!

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  5. I love your family's pictures!!! So sweet! Your children are so cute!! I especially love the "older" ones with your Mom and Dad. I can identify with the styles of the 70's!!!

    Bless you for sharing your sweet family's pictures with us!

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  6. My fave is the "big brother" picture!! I always tease my parents for the lack of pictures of my childhood (I'm the second of 4)... so when they make comments about my taking an overload of pics, I remind them about how I don't have any baby pictures to compare my kids with!!!

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  7. I love all your pictures!!! They are great! We try to take a lot of family pictures too. It kind of drives my kiddos crazy, but they are precious to me.

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, I make my kids crazy too but I think it's so worth it :) I'm sure you've seen some of Sam and Rachel's less than impressed faces here on the blog!

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  8. Love your writing style! Had me in stitches all the way through! I have a Sam who is two years older than his sister (Julia). And from the look of your blog - you live in the north too! (We're half way through getting 5 inches today.) The kids will be thrilled when they come home!

    Have a blessed day and thanks again for stopping by BearCountry!

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  9. Your 70's picture is the best! I think we all grew up with some of those!

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    1. Thanks! I think it's one of my favourite pictures ever of my immediate family. Possibly because I like the way I look :)

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  10. I thought I commented on this already. You know I read it since it inspired me to join in. What a cute little girl you were...even in your 70s attire. Haha! I love all the family pictures, but I think the second to the last one may be my favorite. I don't know why, but there is something really cute and pretty about the color of your skirt and Rachel's dress. I "met" you last summer, but I don't remember that pic. Did you already share it?

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