This is us…we are SO NOT PERFECT in every way, shape and form!! This is literally the BEST PHOTO we have taken as a Family in months!! It is really terrible to say that, for more than the obvious reasons–yes, the seven year-old is really giving the bird, my daughter is giving me bunny ears, I am giving some sort of lecture causing me to look like I am trying to make duck lips at the camera!! All I can do is laugh and say I will take it, because it’s the best I am going to get without more tears, yes, there have been tears over trying to get a photo of this beautiful and crazy, motliest of crews.
The sun was starting to set and it was the perfect lighting to capture an amazing photo of the family, or at least I thought so…”
The kids has other plans in mind, and the friend selected to be the photographer decided to be a clown at the same time.
We were having a wonderful Sunday in the park…until I tried to get a photo of everyone in the perfect light…
So I rounded up the kids and “forced” them to come line up for a picture after a halfhazard game of baseball using tennis balls and metal bats…it was more like chasing balls than baseball, but we all had fun and we got a little vitamin D and some exercise, which is always needed, so overall a great day! They were even happy to eat the sandwiches Brian made and everyone was smiling and having a good time. The sun started to go down a little and I noticed the light was perfect for photos, so I told everyone to gather up and let’s take a photo in the beautiful light of the sun. It’s the only thing I want out of this day that has been mostly about them getting their way, but then they start to wine that they are hungry–“What?!?!” ” How can you be hungry I say.” We had literally just finished eating and played baseball for maybe 15 to 20 minutes which mostly consisted of battting and pitching practice and a few good wacks at the ball. You can tell by the smiles on Katie and then Ameerha giving the bird, yes that is a middle finger sticking up on the seven year-old, that they were completely thrilled to be in this photo. I cannot wait to share the others that were taken. This was literally the only one of the whole family. It’s actually the best one we have taken in months I am so deeply saddened to say. It is not for a lack of trying. Katie is beautiful and won’t let me take photos of her face, but I see her taking selfies all the time–what the heck??? I will post the other photos we took that day on my Facebook page; My Not So Mormon Mormon Life, so everyone can see what I am talking about! I don’t know WHAT I was thinking handing my phone over to a man named Booger to take a photo of our family and I actually thought and somewhat expected that because he is a grown man tha the could manage a photo with all of us in the frame. I mean the name just says it all, doesn’t it? I should have known better, but oh well, I tried to be nice and give him the benefit of the doubt, but you will see what I mean when I post the other photos. He was clearly trying to be funny! There are photos of part of us, mostly with eyes closed, then one that cuts me out and then one of only me and another of Brian’s feet, it really is funny, but so darn annoying! I will post them soon for a good laugh but right now I Sam practicing trying to be a better disciple of Christ and boy oh boy does Thai man make it difficult—I mean I am having a hard time being nice to him and everyone around when I encounter him and that is just not me!! So I am meditating even more now than ever, trying to find peace and keep my nerves from rattling me to death, but anyways I’m trying to be better, and be more loving and kind and patient so I have to find better ways of dealing with all the people who make me want to rip their heads off and shove them where the sun doesn’t shine…see, that easily I can be deterred…I am so going to work in this this week!!
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