Photo Shooting

This afternoon -- around 4 o'clock -- I decided it was the PERFECT day to try and catch up on all the birthday photo shoots for the year that have still not happened.  And by all the birthday photo shoots, I mean every kid who's had a birthday so far this year.  Which means everyone but Grace and Isaac were on the chopping block.  Hahaha.  I kid.  I kid.  Some of them actually LIKE taking pictures for me.  Son number one most assuredly does NOT, so I was flummoxed (but not willing to jinx things) when he agreed to come along for the ride.  I was planning on only being able to convince Sophie and Jane for today, but when Grace wanted to tag-along so she could look for a Halloween costume at the thrift store afterwards {spoiler alert -- her papier mache cereal bowl has bit the dust}, and Ethan was amenable to taking pictures, Alex was forced to come along, as well, by default.  {And extra spoiler alert -- he was the least cooperative for the shoot}.

With all 6 kids in tow, we headed down to my favorite trail, and after a minor {major} setback of realizing my camera battery was almost dead, we banged out 4 photo shoots like a boss!  Thrifting at Goodwill afterwards opened up a can of chaos amongst the crew -- 3 out of 6 kids wanted to get bikes, even though I had told them we didn't even have room for one, thanks to the stroller in the trunk plus all the seats filled with children -- and only Alex and Jane were successful in finding stuff for costumes.  The Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru next door for dinner appeased the masses {enough}, and we headed on home to scavenge for some more dinner, read Book of Mormon, and get the little ones in bed before everyone started melting down even more.  With Scott at an award thing-y at work tonight, I was on my own to get everyone settled in, and I'm pretty sure I'm due for my own award thing-y coming up not soon enough. ;)  Hahahaha.  Thankfully, the little ones went down without TOO much of a fight, and all six of them are in bed now for the night.  Uploading and editing all the pictures will take a bit of time, so to start, I thought I'd go with the one who's birthday was the longest ago -- February 7th, to be exact.

Operation Birthday Photo Shoot 2016:  Part One (of Six) is coming at you now...

 Bam! First shot out of the gate!  She's a pro.  ;)

 Her attempt at Blue Steel.

 Sophie Lynn -- 9  3/4 years old.

She loves singing, dancing, and acting.  Perhaps an MDT major is in her future?  {That's Music, Dance, Theater at BYU for those not in the know.} Hahahaha.

She may be pint-sized, but she certainly knows how to pack a punch!

 Like Rapunzel, she likes to brush and brush and brush and brush her hair.

She created every single one of these "signature poses" for this photo shoot.

I was starting to wonder if she'd been studying fashion magazines for modeling tips before we left.  :)

Words of Affirmation and Quality Time are her love languages.  Just like me.  ;)

She is smart, sassy, and sweet -- all at the same time.

Our world would be a different place without her in it.  Long live the supermuppet!!!  Hahaha.   :)