Friday, December 7, 2007

Photo Shoot

Recently while at dinner with a bunch of friends my friend Mahina mentioned she would love to start a photography business. I volunteered myself to be her first customer. So last Saturday while it was snowing many places and was freezing cold I made my family go out and endure the weather. Let me add here that i wouldn't let them wear coats. Mahina is standing at our door and the conversation inside our house goes something like this:

Mom: Hurry girls! Get your shoes on, Mahina's here!

Mom to Heidi: No, put your coat away, you are not wearing your coat.

Heidi in a whiny voice: I wanna wear my coat.

Makenzie: Mom, it's freezing outside.

Mahina: It's pretty cold out there.

Mom: I don't care, you aren't wearing coats. You can endure it for the amount of time to get a few pictures.

Heidi starts to cry: I want to wear my coat!

Mom losing her patience: Just go get in dad's car!

So this is how it started.



Makenzie was so mad at not being able to wear a coat that Mahina had to say something to get her to laugh.



When it's in black and white you can't tell how red our noses are.



I love this one.



And this one.



This was the last one she took. See how red our noses are? It was really cold. But we endured it and only one of my children got pneumonia from it. Sadly it was Heidi who wanted her coat the most.

I love the pictures and Mahina did an incredible job. Our families will be so happy to see someting recent of us on their walls and desks!

17 comments:

Bridget said...

Wow, she did a great job. And what a beautiful family you are!

Siouxsie said...

Those pictures really seem to capture who you guys are...happy & funny. They are really great...and look great without the coats. :-) I also just can't believe how big your girls are getting. They are SOO pretty!! Hope you guys have a Merry Christmas!

Becca said...

Great pictures! I LOVE the black and white. Mahina did a great job. Think she will come to Texas to do mine?

megan said...

You guys look great! Mahina did a great job, the pictures are adorable! Your girls are beautiful. Oh I mean you and your husband are beautiful!

mahina said...

your girls were troopers!! i really enjoyed getting to know them more! the weather was not the most ideal, but they still enjoyed themselves, even without their coats!

thanks for being my first client! hopefully i'll have many more!

Scrapbooks by Amanda said...

So very lovely. They look good and your girls are beautiful.

ducklips said...

Mahina did a great job!
Your family is beautiful. I just remember seeing your girls like 3 years ago when we came to visit Merilee. They have grown up a lot. Watch out, here come the boys!

Elizabeth Dimit said...

Great job, M! They all turned out so cute. M did our pix, too. I can't wait to see them!

Aundrea said...

You guys look so good. I love the one from the back, where Chris has his arm around MacKenzie, so sweet! the black and white one of Emma and Heidi too. I'm glad I'm not the only mean mom and makes my family get pictures. The only thing is that I have to fight Kelly more than the kids!:)

Merilee said...

Those are such beautiful photos of you guys. I love them.

Krista Lou Cook said...

Are you hinting at what my present will be?

jaust.me said...

Oh, Darilyn! Those pictures are so beautiful! What an awesome family.

Anonymous said...

Darilyn,
These pictures are gorgeous! Your, Chris, and the kids looks fantastic. I miss you. LOVE, Eva

Jodi said...

Wow...Darilyn...what a beautiful family! These pictures turned out great!

Rochelle said...

I am so glad only one of you got pneumonia. I have to say though tha good family pictures are almost worth it. especially yours they turned out so cute!

Sarah said...

those pics are great. You are really photogenic Darilyn!

nanna said...

I just feel so lucky to have the most beautiful granddaughters in the world. But what can you expect with parents like they have? Seriously, they are just picture perfect!