Family Photo Shoot

Every summer when we're at Crescent Bar we try to get a nice photo of the whole family (Paul's parents, sister and us). For some reason we missed last year, but we weren't about to let that happen again. So on Tuesday we found a very patient neighbor to snap a few pictures with several different family member's cameras and phones. I desperately needed a new photo for my blogger profile as well as my Facebook profile and cover photo.

Nelson Family at Crescent Bar, 2013

This one is from 2009, when the girls were 15 or 16 months. I had to scan it from a hard copy. I can't seem to find 2010 and 2011.

Then we tried to get one of just the 4 of us. Kayley has a new thing were she like to smile with her mouth wide open (hey, at least she's sort of smiling, as opposed to her old "thing" were she refused to smile at all). I totally didn't realize she was doing that or I would have tried to tickle her or something.

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3. Sigh.

Kayley. I didn't get one of just Olivia.

I have been trying for months to get a decent shot of myself for a new FB profile pic, but whenever I have someone take one of me it turns out blurry or they are too far out/don't zoom in or it's an unflattering angle or something. But I finally got one I kind of like. I cropped it for my profile pic but apparently I didn't save the cropped version.

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