warning: these are the extras from our christmas family shoot
and it’s a guinness world record for the highest number of pictures in a blog post.
i deleted quiet a lot(like three or four π but i love them all so i have to post it all!
congratulations, you made it!
there are way more pictures of A1(oldest one) than A2(youngest one) because A2 wasn’t in the best mood to take pictures. oh, wait! just like her dad! i think we have a curse in our family. the curse is that i get mad and cry every time we try to take family pictures. remember our last year‘s pictures? go back and look at how happy my husband looks. oh boy! we got in another fight this year and i cried and cried and cried. it was probably the pain built over from the last year’s incident too, so it hurt x2. i decided we’ll take individual shots since i was taking them myself and i can never get the self timer to focus good. anyway, so after much thought on deciding the outfits we’d wear, i started snapping the pictures away with our girls. A1 was a good sport, A2 was mad about something but she started to warm up for a short while, and then it was my husband’s turn to take pictures. i thought his would be the easiest. I wanted each of our personalities to show up in the photos so after taking some shots of him just looking at the camera with no personality whatsoever(and he has a lot of personality, one being really funny and witty), i told him to show his personality and he would just laugh and not even try. i kept trying to encourage him like, “yeah, that was good! i liked it when you looked to the side. maybe look to the side and look tough!” and he just continued to laugh and he would attempt at it, and then just start laughing. i was so hurt! i took that as, “i don’t care about these stupid photos, this is all a joke, so i’m not even going to try.” pictures might seem like it’s just pictures, but to me it’s more than that. it’s a whole year of happenings summed up in one picture. that our family endured a year with happiness, hardships, health, imperfections, love, and forgiveness. that we won’t be taking another family picture until a year later when our kids are a year older and they won’t look the way they look this year. so i got snappy, and then got mad, and then he was mad that i was being snappy and pissy, and then i started crying and said forget about it and walked out of the room. i continued to cry out loud in the livingroom while my girls came and hugged me and told me it was okay.
it wasn’t until a few hours later, after they came home from church(which i stayed home because my eyes were like a puffer fish), and my attempts at giving him the death stare in trying to scare him(it never works, shesh!), we made up. and guess what? i was mad for no reason! it was just a huge misunderstanding! after communicating, we realized and understood why the other person was mad. i told him what his actions were saying to me and he told me that wasn’t his intention at all. that he was really trying his best but he just had the giggles! that he really tried his best and he was more so laughing at himself in trying so hard. ah. only if i had not gotten emotional about it and we communicated correctly right then. yes, yes, husband, i’m admitting that i’m sorry and that i was wrong. it doesn’t happen often that i’m wrong, so you better embask in the moment. π
so the next day, he came home during his lunch break and he was great when i took pictures of him and he was wonderful at taking pictures of me. and we were happy. until next year’s family pictures. hahaha. haha. ha.
Courage says
oh my gosh.. we took family pictures the other day.. and I was wondering to myself.. is this so hard for everyone? Plus my husband and I have gotten into a huge fight about last years.. like you said.. it's good to know.. we're normal.. π thank you.
ashley says
You have a beautiful family and the pictures are lovely. I think it's great that you posted this. Marriage, well relationships in general, are work. It's not easy and communication is key. People need to understand that in order to have the loving family photos, sometimes you fight, you make up, you go through the storm so that you can learn. And when you come through the storm, you have this: http://jaynsarah.blogspot.com/2010/11/family-pictures.html .
Sasha says
Your kiddies are justadorable! π
lizard says
My husband and I totally have fights like that, haha. And I've never heard the church discourage talking about arguments. It's a part of life and most certainly a part of married life. I'm sure we're not encouraged to complain about one another openly–it makes sense that that could be damaging to a relationship. But being open about disagreements that you've had is totally fine!
Erin says
I love that you are telling us what went on behind the really cute photos. Everyone has an experience like that, so we all know how it is! My biggest problem with blogs sometimes is that no one ever shares anything negative. And I don't think you HAVE to, I mean, your life is private and whatever, but it really is refreshing once in a while to hear somebody talk about real stuff. Thanks girl!
yojo says
They are gorgeous! Adi's such a natural! Oh, I love these pics and can't wait to see and hug both Adi and Ana! π
Dragonfly Tales says
Your family is SO precious & I absolutely love your blog! It always makes me smile with your little stories and pictures.
Maja Huether says
Cute pictures! Can you tell me where you got your girls tights? Their whole outfits are adorable!
June says
They are so super cute!!!
xoxo
June
http://junebiswas.blogspot.com
Sarah says
@maja, thank you! I got the pink striped tights at target and the tan striped tights at babygap!
thank you so much for your commments, everyone!
<3
Zymeth Blues says
They are very photogenic! Where did you get those animal hats? It seems you have inspired my wife Constance with an idea for our family picture for the New Year. Thanks a lot, Sarah!
Zymeth Blues
Sarah says
Thank you! my husband's hat is from shopko, mine is from f21, and the girls' hats are from target baby section!