It's Never Easy!

It doesn't hurt,

there is no physical pain involved (I take that back, well usually no pain),

 but for some reason getting a family picture of this group

 always comes accompanied by lots of moaning and eye rolling.

 Just figuring out

 where we are going to put eveyone is a lot of work and

a tremendous amount of discussion,

loud discussion. (Danielson's talk LOUD.)

 I thought I was ready,

Lyvi

helped with the seating.

Bekah

worked on the  lighting arrangements.

I just had to sit there...I'm good at that.

 Sometimes

even the best laid plans are

futile complicated.

 June was hoping to hold

Ruby!

 The movement makes us look a little

Back To The Future-ish!

 Remember when I said there was no physical pain?

Wrong,

Lyvi and June bumped heads.

Family pictures

are

more painful than I thought.

We normally don't pick on expectant mothers but Lauren

was in charge of hitting the timer on the camera

 and then getting back to her chair before the camera flashed!

 I like this picture, except Nathan and Ruby

are not looking forward. AND...

We

Have

To

Have

Those

Two

CUTE

FACES

facing forward in our Family picture.

They make the cuteness meter

soar!

Finally, this is probably the one we will go with. 

Not a lot of smiles on the pink couch

but

we are all looking forward!

Jacob and Luke were so patient

during this whole process.

They definately win

for sitting nicely and

waiting and smiling at all the

right times.

I wish there was

a sound-o-meter (audio feed)

connected to this picture because

you would have heard

RUBY

sucking so hard on that finger!

Ohhh, she did love her finger last night.

Actually,

she was sucking on everything she could find

including the knobs on

my ottoman!

Getting teeth is hard work.

August 2102 our Family is: A Grandpa and Grandma

Four Awesome Sons

Four Beautiful, Talented and Amazing daughters (in-law)

and 6 Adorable, brilliant, athletic grandchildren

with three more on the way

thanks to Lauren and Sarah

and one more on the way

possibly starting this week

when Tyler and Bekah's adoption profile

hits LDS Family Services

watch for it here

https://itsaboutlove.org/ial/ct/eng/site/adopting-families/?lang=eng

and click on their blog button

on the right hand corner of this page.

After it was all over and every one had gone home and

my house was hauntingly quiet (Dennis was

out setting apart a couple that are going on a mission

to Argentina.) I checked my camera

to see how the pictures turned out

and this is what

I found on

the

very

last

frame.

I guess Justin really does like to have his picture taken.

I love my family!