Since we’ve been married, we’ve only gone out twice to have our personal family pictures. Both times, we procrastinated until November and chose to do them outside. Cold red noses, freezing temperatures, and young kids just isn’t a very fun combination, but Amanda was able to get some fun family pictures for us. Jake was sick, and Emma had had enough, so we went home and bundled up. I took the pictures of the kids a month later at our home, where I threw them on the back porch for 5 seconds, took a picture, and threw them back in the warm house! One goal for this year? We WILL NOT procrastinate — we will have a family picture in the warmth of the summer.

These were some of my favorites with Brad and Jake. Something about a father and son together just melts my heart.


A couple of my favorites of the kids (I’ll get to editing these last two later) — there’s my procrastinating again….

It’s always hard to get family photos–and it’s especially amazing if you actually get a photo with everyone looking at the camera, and rare to get everyone smiling as well! Yours turned out really well. You have a beautiful family.