My own lovelies, this never happens!

I've been an awful photographer mom. I either don't buy the boring school photos or buy just the tiniest possible package. I mean, I'm a photographer, why would I pay them to do it? But I never get time to shoot my own kids, I'm always too busy.

But R was getting braces....she'll have them for nearly two years, so I knew that I needed shots before she got them! This is what I needed, a deadline!!! So I got them all together the day before the braces were to be put on, lol.

Please forgive the amount of photos, this is my problem, I can never narrow them down!!! But I get shots of them so rarely, so I'm thrilled to have them at all.

I thought that C's little pose was so cute, she did that all on her own!

Mr. model boy, I can't tell you how much he loved this....getting the right clothes, striking a pose.... He told me later that he'd been studying my senior portraits and the way they posed, hehe.

I was actually thrilled to get such natural expressions from B, he's the king of cheesy grins!

All right, this laugh is just a little scary, but I still loved it.

Troublemaker!!! You would think that my trouble would be with the 3 yr old, not the 13 yr old! Do you see her mug?

As soon as we settled in this spot, a big van pulled alongside us, with a fully made-up clown as the driver, complete with an ugly monkey puppet on his hand! Freaky to be sure. He leans out the window, cackling "smile for the camera" and drives off laughing hysterically.....crazy crazy.

The girl that was the focus of the shoot.

My daughter is getting older so quickly!

C had a little break-down at this point, not wanting to be in pics, so here she's sadly, shyly joining back in.