In pursuit of a family picture

We decided to take advantage of Holland’s 4th of July celebration yesterday since we are going to a friend’s party today.  I really didn’t want the kids to miss out on the big fireworks and the family time spent alone together. 

While there, we tried to take a family picture with the aid of the self timer in the camera.  We set the timer for 10 seconds & didn’t realize that it took 3 rapid shots in a row.  Now, any family picture normally takes a few tries but here is our progression.

Attempt #1

Gerrit didn’t initially want to be part of our self timer experiment but he’s curious

He’s thinking about joining

And decides quickly to jump in

Attempt #2

Getting into place just in time

Not looking at the camera

We decide that Dan’s hat is just too low… try again

Attempt #3

Love the smiles

There’s not a lot of change to these pics

It was hard to pic my favorite… but here’s the one I liked most