Informal Pics (AKA: the Not Stuffy Ones)

Hey everyone, I was thinking about the casual family pictures that we want to take, and it would be great to do jeans, browns and greens. That would be a great contrast to our formal portraits, and we'd get a much different look. What do you all think?

Also, we need to plan when this is going to happen so that we're not scrambling. I think that Monday would be a great day, what do you all think? That's pretty much one of the only days that isn't all planned out. (Thanks Grams.) Heehee.

Where should we take these ones? I would love to use somewhere in the mountains or something, but I have no idea where we'd go. I am going to contact Cori today and see if they'll even be around. Hopefully they will be and she'll take our pictures. I'll let you know.

Pictures are ON like DONKEY KONG!

Hey guys, I just got an email back from Drake. He said of course he'd be happy to let us have the RAW images on CD, if we paid a $250 session fee. Totally worth it in my book, it's STEAL! If you only knew what was normally charged for images on CD, it's like 10 times that.

So I'm okay with splitting up the cost. I hope that you all are cool with that too. We could do $100 and mom and dad could do $100 and then Em and Adam would only have to do $50. I think that's a fair trade. :) Let me know what you all think. I'm excited! Everybody start working out now and you could probably be 10 lbs lighter by the time the shoot rolls around! :) Heehee. At least, that's my plan anyway. Love you!! :)

Oh, and here's a picture of Eli and Nathan at our ward Christmas party tonight.

Don't let their smiles fool you -- it wasn't as fun as it looks. LOL! :)

Verdict is in!

Okay, the color scheme will be red/black/white. I think the guys could just do black pants with a nice button-down shirt, while the girls can do dresses in red/black/white.


Sounds good?

The little cousins will all have the same sweaters. Too bad they don't come in big boy sizes, T! :)

Thanks guys, this will be fun.

Laurel,
Thanks for doing that. I think it's going to be great to get a family portrait done, especially with Thomas leaving next year. It's our last chance for awhile!
I love the idea of red and black. Are we thinking suits for the men or just something dressy? Because Adam's suit is navy blue. It might look weird if the other men have black suits. How about black dress pants and a nice button-down? What do you think?
Nate and Aidan have matching outfits, you could get one for Eli too at Gymboree.
They are here and here.
Anyways, thanks again Laurel. I think Dec 2 will be just fine. Will they charge us an arm and a leg for this? :)