Attempt at Family Photos - minus parents

My mom has been asking for a picture of all the kids FOREVER.  So, I pulled the only card I have when it comes to fashion at my house.  A long time ago I told the kids that the only time I got to totally veto their clothes choices was on holidays.  This meant I got to pick everyone's outfit yesterday.  True - Meg had a drop-down fit where Justin and I had to forcibly dress her.  And yes - I had to offer lipstick and chocolate in the exchange, but we did manage to look normal enough for some family photos.  I've included most of them because it cracks me up how many photos a person has to take to get a good one of children.  Plus, if I show you all of them you'll get to see at least one picture where each child is actually smiling and looking at the camera.

Check out Grant's 3 year old smile.  Actually, this was the first picture and it was pretty good, but I hoped I could get Spencer a little more normal.

Pretty good, but my lighting ended up strange.  I am still working on the camera issue.

Wearing thin... I may have said "this is the last one" five times.

This is my favorite, I think:

Do you notice how much "yellower" Spencer is than the other kids.  I think he has my skin instead of Justin's.  I asked the pediatrician about it, and she said the baby food does it too.  Although I've never noticed it with my other kids.

Ellie:

Meggie:

Grant and Spencer above.  (Blogger won't let me write between the pictures.)