We had our picture time at Bowness Park, which is a really quite lovely place for pictures. Or Picnics. Or BBQs. Or walks. Or skating in the winter. I digress. First off, we had family formals by the lagoon – I won’t bore you with the many permutations and combinations of photos, just the more exciting ones.
This is my family. They are pretty much awesome and I love them a lot.
This is unfortunately the only picture that “turned out” with Mr. Bean’s family. Yes, my face is scrunched up and I look like I’m more baring my teeth than smiling. But I’m still happy! I do find it hilarious that Ian’s brothers missed the memo to put their head in.
There we go. Classic Bean sibling shot. It has to be one of my favourite shots ever as we do it pretty much every time photos are taken.
And here we are laughing and lovingly gazing into each other’s eyes. Awww…
We decided to only have family formals with our immediate family and grandparents or else it would have taken a REALLY long time. It probably would have been 60 or 70 people if everyone who was related to us came and that would be somewhat of a nightmare.
Who is coming/came to your family formals? Are/Did you look forward to them or were they just a necessity for you?
Next up: Bridal Party!
As usual, Photos by Kathleen Goertzen.
We’ll have the formals when we eventually get married, out of sheer necessity– my Gram wouldn’t have it any other way. I think we’ll take pictures of everyone as we hope and plan to have a very small wedding.
I love that you have a “signature sibling pose”. I have one with my sister as well.
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What a gorgeous family (on both sides)! Formals, I think, are something that we’ll all cherish always… Your kids will love them, and they’ll get handed down through the generations. So, even if they’re not that fun to take, they are important for posterity.
I love the scrunched up face one, it’s obvious that you’re really smiling and not fake camera smiling.
But I can understand why you aren’t crazy about it as I am not a big fan of my own smile but other people like it apparently.
I love those pictures. I love how happy everybody looks!
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