2020 - ANNUAL FAMILY & KID PICTURES

It's December, which means it's time to share all the professional pictures the Ws had taken this year. I realized as I started to load these that I never posted 2019's pictures. What in the world?! I'll have to do that soon and backdate them.  

Our tradition is to have the kids' individual portraits taken during their birthday months, then our family ones taken in late November or early December. Due to the widespread business closures in our state over the spring, the studio we've gone to for nearly a decade shut down completely by the time we needed to schedule Silas and Devon's pictures in June. Such a bummer! The next closest one was completely backed up by that point because of all the people who missed pictures over the spring and/or had to change locations, so the big boys didn't get to go in until Naomi's birthday rolled around in August and all three of them went in at the same time. Better late than never, right? And we were treated so kindly during that visit, which was a silver lining to the delayed pictures. So, without further ado, the pictures. 

Devon turned sixteen in June. As we've always expected would happen, he's now the tallest W.

Silas turned eighteen in June, which means this is his last set of annual pictures. Hello, adulthood. 

I never buy enhancements, but I loved this one, even with the hair covering one of his eyeballs, and bought it impulsively since it's his last year of pictures. 

Naomi turned thirteen in August, officially a teenager. She continues to bring a healthy dose of femininity to our home.

Tyler turned nine this month. I can't believe he's in his last year of single digit ages.

The kids get to choose their own outfits for their individual pictures because the goal is to capture who they were at that particular point in time. Tyler wears this outfit multiple times a week and loved this black and white enhancement. I mean, loved it. And begged me to get it. I didn't want it as a regular picture because his face isn't completely visible, but I gave in and bought a sheet. It is pretty cute, after all. 

And now for the end of the year family shots. First, me and Tim, the original Ws who started this whole crew of people.

Then the little Ws, sibs who aren't very little anymore.

And, finally, a few shots of all the Ws together. 

My favorite family shot is the piggy-back one, no doubt about it. I love fun poses!

Credit for all the pictures goes to JCPenney Portrait Studio at Washington Square. Funky lighting is from me taking pictures of pictures.

2018 - ANNUAL FAMILY & KID PICTURES

As 2018 winds down, here are all the pictures our family had taken over the year. The little Ws each have their picture taken during their birthday month and our family pictures are from this month. 

Devon turned 14 in June and started high school.

Silas turned 16 in June and promptly got his driver's license.

In order to use a coupon for Silas and Devon's pictures, I asked for one unplanned shot of the kids together to bring my total charge up to the amount the coupon required. The way it worked out was that we got three great shots and ended up spending way less money than if we'd only taken pictures of the big boys. Score!

Naomi turned 11 in August and entered junior high.

Devon turns seven this week and is now in grade school.

The last annual photo where our marriage is still a teenager. Twentieth anniversary, here we come!

There may be two kids and two young men in this picture, but these four will always be the little Ws. 

We always come prepared with a pose or two of our own, but hadn't planned anything ahead of time this year. At the last minute, as we were all in front of the camera, Naomi suggested doing a pyramid. Fun idea!

All 6 Ws.

Photo credit for all the pictures goes to JCPenney Portrait Studio on Salem.

2017 - ANNUAL FAMILY & KID PICTURES

Here are the pictures we had taken over the course of the year. Any glare or bad coloring is just because I was taking pictures of pictures, so just ignore it and know the originals look just fine. The kids all have their pictures taken in the month of their birthdays.

Devon turned 13 in June, becoming the second teenager in our home.

Silas turned 15 later that month and got his driver's permit.

August came along and Naomi hit double digits with her 10th birthday.

The year wrapped up with our only non-summer birthday when Tyler hit six in December, which means it now takes two hands to show hold he is.

We also took all of our family pictures in December. Here are the original Ws.

The Ws that came later. 

And all 6 Ws together.

We're creatures of habit, which is why we had family pictures done at JCPenney just like we always do, but we actually had family pictures taken twice this year. The first time was in September, thanks to a gift certificate we'd received from Tim's employer, F.I.R.E. Restoration, for Lindsey Wiatt Photography. I can't figure out how to pull the downloads of our favorite shots out of a zip file so I can post them here, but here's a link to the whole gallery. I'll come back later to post pictures after Tim has a chance to teach me how to do it.

Photo credit for all the pictures goes to JCPenney Portrait Studio in Salem.