Family Photo

Sunday was SUCH a nice day here, so we decided after church to take some family and individual pictures in preparation for holiday newsletters and in honor of Grace's 6 month-iversary. We dolled ourselves up, packed up the car, drove to the nearby state park for the scenic effect, found a spot, unloaded, set up the tripod, balanced a toy on top of the camera for Grace to look at, set the aperture, f-stop, focus and timer. It was perfect. Grace was in a great mood. We were going to get so many great photos! One detail... after 7 family shots the camera battery died! D'oh! It was especially sad because after it died, Grace started smiling and laughing. She was SO CUTE!

Oh well. We packed up, went home, plugged in the battery and sat around the house while looking very pretty. By the time the camera was ready the sun was almost set. Luckily I have a good friend named photoshop, so we went out to the backyard and got a few shots of Grace anyway.