Spring 2013 Photos

I have been wanting to take photos of my girls for a while now.  It is such a big production with three little ones, and Paul hates helping me!  He thinks it is stressful and doesn't like to yell, act like different animals, chase the kids around everywhere, and make a fool of himself at parks and such like I do on a weekly basis with other families.  I finally talked him into going with me to help out.  I have a totally different goal in mind when I am photographing my own children:  to get ONE, just one, good photo of them all.  When I am photographing other families, I try to give them about 30 good photos of their family.  I give a variety of ones of their kids, individual ones, family ones, lifestyle shots, etc.  With my own children, I am happy with just one :)  Well, our session was a success.  I got such good ones of my kids together, and even one of each of them separately.  I think Paul is happy to be off the hook for the next few months! 

My VERY favorite photo of our girls to date!  Love that they are all smiling!  I believe Paul was sticking dandelions in my ears at this point and that's what got them to all look and smile for more than one second.  The things we will do for a photo... ;)

Love this of Ella and Hannah!  Ella is a little blown out from the sun, but I still love her with the flower :) 

Paul was acting silly to the side at this point and the girls were all looking and laughing at him :)

Hannah.  They loved the dandelions.

Another favorite

And another favorite.  Love the joy and happiness in this photo.

Ella

Hailee

Hannah.  These three will all be hung somewhere together.

Love each of their faces here.  Very "them".

More laughter!

Hailee is so cute here!

And...the smiles started to get fake!  Still love this one though!

That's a wrap!  Off for ice cream for the good behavior by all...even Paul ;)

I ordered a gallery wrap of the first photo and it came yesterday.  Gallery wraps are a little pricey, but of so gorgeous!  I love that they don't need a frame!  This is a 16x20 and is perfect size for the space we wanted it in. 

This is a phone photo, so isn't great.  This is the wrap on our wall, in front of our two windows.  I love how it all looks!

The wrap from the side.  The photo goes on to the sides and is why a frame isn't needed.

The wrap closer up.  LOVE!