It’s always a topic of discussion for us as to whether or not we could possibly have our family picture come from Colorado.  Darol tries over and over to get one that would be acceptable, but Donna generally nixes the options.  Here were some of the attempts.  Admittedly, it is hard to get 8 people not to blink (Chloe),    ,

not to look the other way (Levi)   

not to look too stiff (Darol),

and wacky hair (Levi),

or pouting (Chloe),

But despite those goof-up, there were some great attempts by Elizabeth,

and the younger half,

and Levi,

Darol was proud that he could at least take one picture without goofing it up, so he asked if we could send this one out as the family picture. He was shot down 7-1 on that vote.

Some of the other favorites were the “Chloe, smile like an evil villain” encouragements, which the children somehow taught her, rather than a typical “say cheese…”

So Darol’s goal for the trip in 2015 is absolutely going to be to come up with some family picture for the holiday season that comes from our trip!