I was reading about this new book that just came out called "Awkward Family Photos" (about $9 on Amazon) and the pictures that I saw were absolutely hilarious, and unfortunately, remind me of most of the family photos that we take.  We have more than one camera and we take tons of photos, but with five kids under five we RARELY get all of them in one shot.  Of course our annual family photo usually turns into a story , like the year that Jacob got knocked down by the photographar and got a bloody nose, or the year that none of the kids would look at the camera so we were all looking at each other in our Christmas card picture.  This year I think we're gonna change things up a bit and give Sears Portrait Studio  a try, and not just because they are graciously offering one lucky winner a two day conference pass to BlogHer this August    (but I WOULD give my right arm to go!)  I've heard great things about them and I've always been a fan of Sears - so look out guys, I'm planning to bring the whole brood in this fall for a family photo that WON'T make it into the book!

Disclosure:  This post is my entry in the Sears Portrait Studio  BlogHer contest, all of the words and thoughts are my own but they have been written in the hope of winning a ticket.