The perfect picture of our kids!

I have just spent quite a bit of time going through pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday. As I sorted through the pictures it was very obvious that we tried many times to get that "perfect" picture of all 4 of the kids together. Seriously, if you have more than one child you know exactly what I'm talking about....that one picture that shows all of your kids looking at the camera, smiling, and looking like they are so happy to be together on this glorious family outing. Well, as I was searching for that "perfect" picture amongst our numerous outtakes I came across this very special picture. I instantly knew this was the one-the picture that deserved its very own blog post. Why? Well, le'ts look more closely.....first we see Paige on the far left. I'm not exactly sure what she's looking at or what she's thinking. But, oh does this capture Paige..that distant daydreaming look she so often gets. Is this the look her teacher sees when she mentions that Paige isn't completing her work because of daydreaming? Next we move on to Ryan. Is that a yawn?? Seriously, dude, we are working on trying to get THE perfect picture and you have the nerve to YAWN? No doubt, that's Ryan--just laid back and cool as a cucumber (just don't make him mad). Now what is AJ doing? I'll tell you exactly what he's doing....he's pointing out an airplane flying overhead. And no, it makes no difference that we have said "cool, an airplane....now look over here" a gazillion times. He's nothing if he's not persistent. Too bad the other kids were done by the time the plane was completely out of sight. And now we move on to our eldest child....WAIT!!! Do we have one looking at the camera and smiling? Well, I guess 1 out of 4 isn't too bad.

And, here are more of the outtakes of us trying to get the PERFECT picture: