{"id":1379,"date":"2016-03-26T18:51:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T22:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2016-03-26T18:56:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T22:56:19","slug":"every-picture-tells-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"Every Picture Tells a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people that visit my home point out the abundance of Rachel (and lack of Sarah and Miriam) pictures. \u00a0Hahaha &#8211; yes the younger ones are always left out &#8211; hahaha. \u00a0The lack of Sarah and Miriam pictures really gets to me, but the thought of trying to find someone to take pictures feels overwhelming. \u00a0We had family pictures taken\u00a0before Miriam was born and a few were really nice,\u00a0but recently I just have been too distracted to even attempt booking a photo session.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, I decided that Easter-time would be the perfect time to take some really nice pictures of the girls. \u00a0Three weeks ago, Rachel and I went to the mall and rounded out the Easter wardrobe for the kids. \u00a0Sarah already had a very pretty white dress from Nana that matched\u00a0her\u00a0Easter hat from last year. \u00a0I helped Rachel choose a dress that would coordinate with her sister&#8217;s hats\/dresses. \u00a0(That process was a lot of fun, and I could write an entire blog entry describing how that went down. \u00a0I had to explain that not all dresses are reverent enough\u00a0for church. I thought that she\u00a0understood\u00a0this, but I guess some lessons require reteaching.)<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, I decided that we were going to get the &#8220;Easter&#8221; pictures out of the way so Easter weekend could be relaxed and focused on other things &#8211; like the resurrection of Jesus Christ. \u00a0Here is a snapshot of how it went down.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u00a0was rainy\/cold &#8211; like 55\/60 F cold, which isn&#8217;t really cold but our kids are wimps. \u00a0Also, it was windy and the girls hats kept blowing off their pretty little heads. \u00a0Sarah&#8217;s hat almost went into an alligator infested water-way.<\/li>\n<li>We chose a scenic part of the neighborhood, which was a little too scenic. \u00a0Sarah wanted to look at the water the entire time. This was a problem.<\/li>\n<li>Miriam had a massive &#8216;blow-out&#8217;, and Rachel and Sarah were afraid to hold her.<\/li>\n<li>Rachel is in a weird preteen phase and hates smiling for the camera. \u00a0Her once pretty smile is now goofy and sometimes creepy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1387\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9703.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1387\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9703-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"First picture. So sweet. \" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9703-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9703-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9703-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">First picture. So sweet.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1383\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1093.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1383\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1093-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"This was one of the best pictures but notice Sarah's position. Two seconds after this was taken, Sarah bolted!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1093-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1093-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1093-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">This was one of the best pictures but notice Sarah&#8217;s position. Two seconds after this was taken, Sarah bolted!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1388\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1252.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1388\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1388\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1252-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"water\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1252-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1252-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">water<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1389\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1269.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1269-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"she's rotten but really cute!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1269-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1269-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">she&#8217;s rotten but really cute!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1392\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1353.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1392\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1392\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/_d_improd_\/IMG_1353-300x225_f_improf_300x225.jpg\" alt=\"at least Miriam's happy!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">at least Miriam&#8217;s happy!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1391\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1299.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1391\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1299-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"the massive blowout must be why she is so happy?\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1299-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1299-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">the massive blowout must be why she is so happy?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1384\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1251.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1251-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"enough pictures!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1251-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1251-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">enough pictures!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After about 15 minutes, we packed up and went home. \u00a0I was optimistic though. \u00a0I thought, it&#8217;s ok, next weekend. \u00a0Yes, next Saturday will be perfect! \u00a0Wrong. \u00a0This morning the typical screamfest that is standard operating procedure in our house was louder than usual. \u00a0Not even the promise of a fun Easter egg hunt at the church rallied the girls. \u00a0I threatened to put them up for adoption&#8230;. \u00a0But, later they perked-up and all was well until we returned home. \u00a0I wanted to give Easter pictures one more try. \u00a0I was too irritated to even bother with a nice location, so I put up a chair in the yard. \u00a0Easter pictures part two happened as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miriam was squirmy.<\/li>\n<li>Sarah wanted to pick flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Sarah wanted to see all of the pictures that we were taking and then wanted to take pictures herself.<\/li>\n<li>Sarah didn&#8217;t want to stand close to her sisters, because Miriam was pulling her hair.<\/li>\n<li>Bugs &#8211; followed by lots of screaming.<\/li>\n<li>I screamed at the girls.<\/li>\n<li>I threatened to take away Easter candy if they didn&#8217;t stand still and smile.<\/li>\n<li>I threatened to cancel Easter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1397\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_1554.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1397\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1397\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/_d_improd_\/IMG_1554-300x225_f_improf_300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel - take two\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Rachel &#8211; take two<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1396\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9925.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9925-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"the girls - Sarah's not happy!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9925-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9925-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">the girls &#8211; Sarah&#8217;s not happy!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1395\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9895.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1395\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1395\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1395\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/_d_improd_\/IMG_9895-300x200_f_improf_300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah - with her flower\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Sarah &#8211; with her flower<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0felt like a looser for getting so mad about the picture fiasco, but I think there are a few decent pictures. \u00a0Afterward, the babies took a nap while Rachel and I went running. \u00a0My standards for Easter egg coloring are pretty low, so as long as they don&#8217;t break the eggs on each others faces, it will be fine.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter everyone &#8211; &#8220;He arose!&#8221; and our hope is eternal!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people that visit my home point out the abundance of Rachel (and lack of Sarah and Miriam) pictures. \u00a0Hahaha &#8211; yes the younger ones are always left out &#8211; hahaha. \u00a0The lack of Sarah and Miriam pictures really gets to me, but the thought of trying to find someone to take pictures feels overwhelming.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1404,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}