Strait's gone framed

Hi all, (probably five but who cares?)

Today the four Strait's went to Target to get some family portraits. I usually go to Sears because they generally do a good job. I had a coupon for Target though so I decided to go for it.

To prepare for our photography session, I bought Lizzie an Easter dress and Edin a spring ish shirt. I had to pick an outfit for myself and when that was finally done, James said he'd be able to go. So last night I found an outfit for him. Unfortunately his shirt was dirty so I had to get up early this morning to wash it. I barely had enough time to wash everything and dry it before we had to go! Also, three of us got our hairs cut. I went to Bon Losee Academy, James went to the $6 place and James and I cut Edin's hair here at home. Lizzie is still lacking in the fur department so no need there. (Although I did make her a bow to match her cute new dress!)

Since I just got my hair cut, I'm still working on learning to style it. I haven't been in love with it but it's only been a couple of days. Now, I know this is going to be hard to believe and a little bizarre but when I woke up this morning, I loved my hair! My yester-hair was better than I could have styled it fresh! I fluffed it a little, added some make-up and I was raring to go. What a blessing.

James tried very hard to be patient and even smiled in our pictures. I decided that nursing Lizzie just before we got started would leave a big smile on her face. She's the cutest little bug after she eats. It worked for about five minutes. Then she got kind of...cranky and didn't want to play "pictures" any more. We still got some great shots and I spent a few minutes more than James wanted choosing my favorites and we were out of there. Yeah, it still took us three hours... We also found some cute things at Target while we were waiting for our pictures to be available for viewing.

In the end I got a family picture, some of the kids by themselves, together, and then the kids with me. And also a Curious George stamp set and a harmonica. It makes me happy to get good looking pictures of my family. We spend less than $50 and we ended up with 11 sheets of pictures. I feel pretty good about that.

I'll tell ya though, Target has a few stipulations. They are usually only to take about 30 pictures, the session should last 10-15 minutes, and they only allow one wardrow change per child. (I put Lizzie in a pink dress, bunny ears, and a polka dot dress so that was too many.) Fortunately they were slow so they took many more pictures, let us change more clothes, and we probably took half an hour...I guess if I go to Target again, I'll remember this it's supposed to be a quick in-and-out visit. Whatev.