Because we have never taken a real family photo since the birth of our two children, my husband and I thought it would be fun to take a beach family photo while we were on vacation visiting my brother who lives on the East Coast. It was my husband and brother’s idea for all of us to wear matching white shirts and jeans for the photo. Thinking it might be a corny, gag inducing idea, I resisted. But I was overruled by the photographer (my brother) and my husband. I will say though that the more I thought about it, the more it appealed to me. I agreed that maybe white shirts with jeans would look pretty with an ocean backdrop.

Sadly, the weather forecast only gave us a one day possibility to achieve our goal. That day was Thursday. With 56 degrees, sunny skies and some wind as the prediction, we thought we were fairly safe. So we headed off to Newport Beach Rhode Island in search of a nice enough beach location. We found our location, and hopped out of the van to get into position.

Oh my goodness, it was freezing by the water! And the wind was absolutely insane! Our teeth were chattering we were so cold. With the wind howling like it was, my poor hair suffered tremendously. Not as much as my poor husband, who became the victim of my Medusa mane. Honestly, my hair was nothing short of ridiculous! Our boys were little troopers who managed to smile through their discomfort.

Although we survived the ordeal, our photos left much to be desired. Only one single photo of the GOBS that were snapped turned out halfway decent. And I mean it when I say only halfway. So here is a sampling. Go right ahead…laugh all you want! I sure did.

Here we go!
Attack!
As good as it gets. Maybe next year.