Pictures of Kids on Walls

I refuse to pay for school pictures. They are a ripoff. The cheapest package is $24 for way too many photos that never get used. All I want is one 8x10 and a couple of 5x7's. I don't need bookmarks or key tags or 75 wallet sized photos. Now that I have four kids in school, I can't justify the $100 expense for bad school pictures. Every year I promise that THIS will be the year that I take the kids up to the BYU-I gardens and take some amazing shots that will replace the ancient pictures that currently hang on the wall. Every year the same pictures remain on the wall.

Recently, I have taken Ron's computer and gone to bed early. I turn the electric blanket on high, crawl under the covers and catch up on past episodes of my favorite t.v. shows. Sometimes the wireless connection craps out and I am forced to search Ron's computer for interesting things to read or look at. One night I came across all the downloaded photos from trips gone by. It was a walk down memory lane. We are good at taking pictures, but bad at doing anything with them.

What do these two things have in common? Well, I am not waiting anymore to find "the perfect picture of my kids to hang on the wall." After scrolling through all the old photos, the kids have all grown up, but their pictures on the wall are frozen in time...time from long ago.


So here are the new pictures that are going on the wall. Not perfect, but then again, neither are we.

Maddie, Goblin Valley 2008

Sam, Yellowstone National Park 2008

Anna, Island Park 2008

Eleanor, Goblin Valley 2008

I really wanted to put this picture of Sam on the wall, but I also really want him to love me...but it is too good not to share. We have lovingly titled this photo "Grumpy Sam."