Spring Photo Shoot

I have been needing to do the kids' spring photo shoot for a few weeks, but I have been waiting for Ethan's hair to grow out after his WAY TOO SHORT hair cut he got a while back.  Today is Sunday and we headed out to Temple Square after Garrett woke up from his nap.  I hate doing pictures- I really do.  Even though I took photography in high school and college (that's all I did for art credits) and I am very qualified, I would never ever want to do this as a profession.  The only reason I take my own kids' pictures is because I hate having them done at a place like Target or JC Penney, and I really like my work better.  But in my experience, kids behave the worst for their own parents.  My kids are no exception.

The weather was beyond perfect and there was a very slight breeze.  The sun could have been a little more hidden behind the clouds, but I was able to find some great spots that weren't too shadowy or directly in the sun.  Garrett was absolutely horrible- that's why there are the fewest pictures of him.  He's two years old and he's VERY good at it.  Devin is getting better at sitting through photo shoots, but he still gets fidgety and bored and wants to behave badly sometimes.  Today's shoot was very fast because my patience was slim.  Could I have gotten better group shots?  Yeah, but I wanted my kids to like me at the end of the day and not be terrified of me.

Funny story-  Today as I was snapping pictures of the kids, I heard what sounded like the Paparazzi behind me. I turned to see a huge Asian tour group taking pictures of our kids. I guess our bunch must have been a novelty to them! Wish I could have understood what they were saying. They were giggling and smiling and seemed to get a huge kick out of my babies.

Temple Square was very crowded with tourists and a lot of people doing family photo shoots.  But I got the shots that I needed for the wall, so I'm calling it a success.  And it couldn't have been possible without my assistant extraordinaire, AKA my baby daddy and best friend.  Cody does a good job of chasing the little boys around while I tried to get everyone positioned.  The big kids were good about sitting and waiting- which they did a whole lot of.   So here is spring 2013-

Ethan took this one.

And this one.

Ethan is getting a lot better at taking photographs.  But this one totally grossed him out!