The Makings of a Family Picture

by Bryan on July 10, 2012 in Misc with 16 Comments

This is us two weeks ago at the first Krispy Kreme store ever. It’s located in Winston-Salem, NC and it turns 75 years old this Friday.

Nice happy family, right?

Sort of.

First we had to all get into the shot.

 That’s my, “Parker get off the iPhone and get into the picture now” face.

Which is all too often followed by the…

“Please come the first time I call you” face.

Oh, but what do we have here?

Looks like another teachable moment to me.

Kylie gets the “Please don’t take things our of your brother’s hand without asking” face.

Meanwhile Parker pulls out the old “I wasn’t doing anything” face.

(Of course you weren’t.)

People are watching now, let’s get this over with.

And in the end we get the shot.

A smiling, happy, normal family.

(Well, as normal as you can be considering this gene pool was involved.)

Idiot.

(Special thanks to my brother in law Michael for snapping 23 shots in a row and inadvertently giving me a blog post.)

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  • http://randomlychad.com Randomlychad

    Bryan, do your kids also do the “Let me it,” or “Mom, dad took my picture!” thing? Drives me crazy! I’m like “I’m your dad, and I can take your picture! Now stop, or this goes on Facebook!”

  • http://FreddieTeague.com Freddie

    That is awesome! And it is so true. I have a two year old and I have noticed that I am developing “faces.”

  • http://shawnsmucker.com Shawn Smucker

    If only Facebook and Twitter were as transparent as this blog post…then maybe I wouldn’t walk around feeling like everyone else’s family is so picture perfect. That hat is sweet. I hope you wore it to work your first day back.

  • http://www.joshblackmun.com @Joshblackmun

    buh hah ha

  • http://mattboudreaux.com Matt Boudreaux

    looks like a real, normal family to me!

  • http://thedailyretort.com Tor Constantino, MBA (@torcon)

    “…people are watching, let’s get this over with…” – genius!

  • http://www.zahndrew.com Andrew Z

    I felt like I was watching a silent movie.

    I even started to scroll up and down really fast to see the story unfold.

    Fantastic.

  • Diane Rivers

    Probably a lot like most “perfect” families trying to get out the door to go to church on Sundays. So funny – perfectly shot and captioned. Thanks for the laugh!

    • Melinda

      exactly!

  • http://somewiseguy.com @ThatGuyKC

    As a father of 3 I have “never” made any of those faces.
    (couldn’t even type it with a straight face)

  • http://www.theisleofman.net Kevin Haggerty

    Very nice. The “Idiot” picture definitely drew a chuckle.

  • Melinda

    Ah, the value of editing.

  • http://iamjakz.com Jakz

    I’m surprised there weren’t also, “But I don’t wanna wear the hat for a picture!” moments. Such great pictures, love the story that goes with them.

  • http://jenniferluitwieler.com Jennifer

    And this is why the last time I had family portaits done, my 14 year old was 5…

  • Kim S.

    I used to live there. I remember going to church every Sunday and having WARM Krispy Kreme donuts all the time.

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