first official family portraits in years

 So, while we were at Chris's parent's house, his mom really wanted us to get our pictures taken so she could update some frames. We're really really bad about getting our picture taken. It happens sporadically, and we're never ready for it. Like this day. We weren't planning on having a lovely family picture taken, and our kids had shaggy, uncut hair, and all Ethan had was a loud gator shirt.

But my sister-in-law fearlessly took on the challenge of taking our family pictures (and even loaned Ethan a sweater), and she did a great job with what she had to work with! :)

 The park we went to was a bit of a challenge because we didn't know there had recently been a flood. Lots of broken trees and mud. But we liked the graffiti!

 I love this colored picture of the kids. We were in a dead, dry wooded area, and Wendy somehow managed to make it look like an enchated forest behind them!

And my favorite picture. A little piece of art I like to call Punk Never Died. Our kids tried to be punks. Obviously we aren't raising a bunch of punks.