Back in April of this year, the Deaton family gathered at the home of Gabrielle Bush for a family photo session. The last time we had photos made with the entire Deaton family was when Isaac was about 1 or 2 years old. Our family has expanded quite a bit since that time with marriages and more great- grandchildren.
We were asked to wear long sleeved earth toned shirts and jeans. I knew this would be tricky for us because earth tones and children clothes aren't easy to find. Plus, I needed to coordinate for five people. I don't know about you mothers out there, but something about group pictures makes me NOT want to go shopping. Instead, I like perusing through our current wardrobes and finding something that matches. Shopping is a last ditch effort. I don't want to buy new clothes for five people for one picture. Go ahead, call me Ebeneezer. Shannon gives me quite a few of Evan's hand-me-downs to look through. There were two different green shirts in the latest bag of spring goodies she gave me--one long sleeved gingham checked shirt and another mossy green short sleeved shirt. I thought both shirts looked nice and earthy. However, I needed to find shirts for the rest of the family. I had gotten Matt a green golf shirt while we were in Hilton Head at the outlet mall. It was a bit brighter than earth tones but still looked good with the boys green shirts. And, fortunately, I hadn't consigned the dress that Karson ended up wearing which was in my attic. I thought it would be cute paired with a jean jacket and boots. The only outfit left to assemble was mine. Jeans I had. A green shirt, I didn't have. One evening, I was looking through facebook and saw a close friend wearing a long sleeved green shirt in a picture she had taken. I immediately messaged her and asked if I could borrow it (miserly me--hah). I'm sure this entire paragraph is more than you bargained for with clothing/photo/picture taking decision making. I think our greens made for a nice blend in the group photo and no money was spent. |
| Our family with beautiful Mamaw smack dab in the middle! |
Mamaw and her children (L to R): Royce, Jackie, Larry, Mamaw, Karen, Dawn and Colvin.
In the spirit of posting family photos, I thought I would recap our tour of Family Photo Sessions which began in September of last year and have continued until present.
September 2012 at Limestone Lake (courtesy John and Cheryl Payne) with The Hartwein Bunch.
December 2012 at our Christmas gathering (courtesy Shawn Justice) with the Pogue Bunch.
Late December 2012 at Olde Stone (courtesy Kelly Lee Flora ) with the Bradford Bunch.
We are a picture-taking family, aren't we?!?!
Amazing! You are so blessed!
ReplyDelete