Well, it's that time of year again. The time when one humble, amateur photographer Mama tries to get all her chicks together for the annual Christmas Picture. It's ALWAYS a crazy, laughable, stressful, blood pressure raising experience to say the least!
There's almost a 6 year gap between our youngest son and our oldest daughter, so up until about 3 years ago, the boys were absolute pros at posing for the camera. When Wren came on the scene though, followed by her baby sister Brecken Faye, everything changed (in more ways than I can tell you!). What begins as a sweet, tender moment capturing session in my mind ends up a screaming match of: "Smile! Everybody look at the camera! Look at Mama! Wren, put your dress down. Keep your legs together (praise God, she's only 3!) Stop jumping up and down. Stand still. Smile! Look at Mama! Brecken, stop licking all the leaves! Brecken, look at Mama! Kyler, get out of the mud! Everybody smile!"....and on, and on, and on. I know, it's exhausting just reading it! Needless to say, as far as photographing them, I can't wait for them to get older!
Here's the one shot (out of about 150) that made the cut for our Christmas picture this year...
I need to remind myself when I'm ready to tear out my own hair, to enjoy every moment of it! That soon enough, my children will be grown and gone and our little family will turn into something else. That my precious husband and I will be alone without these lights in our everyday midst. Oh, don't let it happen too quickly, Lord. Let me savor these moments a bit longer!
There's almost a 6 year gap between our youngest son and our oldest daughter, so up until about 3 years ago, the boys were absolute pros at posing for the camera. When Wren came on the scene though, followed by her baby sister Brecken Faye, everything changed (in more ways than I can tell you!). What begins as a sweet, tender moment capturing session in my mind ends up a screaming match of: "Smile! Everybody look at the camera! Look at Mama! Wren, put your dress down. Keep your legs together (praise God, she's only 3!) Stop jumping up and down. Stand still. Smile! Look at Mama! Brecken, stop licking all the leaves! Brecken, look at Mama! Kyler, get out of the mud! Everybody smile!"....and on, and on, and on. I know, it's exhausting just reading it! Needless to say, as far as photographing them, I can't wait for them to get older!
Here's the one shot (out of about 150) that made the cut for our Christmas picture this year...
I need to remind myself when I'm ready to tear out my own hair, to enjoy every moment of it! That soon enough, my children will be grown and gone and our little family will turn into something else. That my precious husband and I will be alone without these lights in our everyday midst. Oh, don't let it happen too quickly, Lord. Let me savor these moments a bit longer!
