The Young and the Restless

Family Pictures

For the past several years I've been wanting to take our annual family pictures at Saguaro Lake because it is home to some of our favorite family memories. We were finally able to carve out just enough time on a busy Saturday. We were racing the sun and made it with about 15 minutes to spare before the light disappeared. Ryder fell asleep in the car and was not too happy about getting woken up, then a vigilante sibling decided to elbow him for crying, which as you can imagine made the sobs spiral uncontrollably. We were down to the wire with the sun setting and every one was so grumpy and yelling at each other between shots. But just like in every year past, we seem to be able to capture at least one photo that makes us appear to be a happy loving family. I'm convinced family photos are the biggest sham. Afterwards we went to Dickie's BBQ where everyone giggled at the name, fought over the last bite of mac & cheese and had about 4 self serve all you can eat ice cream cones. Kylie drove us home and I sat in the back seat convinced we were going to die. Another year of family pictures, another year of memories. I love these faces, even if they drive me bananas.