andrea….i loved your session!
i could take your kids' picture everyday!
they could be models.
thanks!
|
talby has been thinking about getting her ears pierced for quite awhile. at wal-mart.
she did it. "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW! I was such a chicky baby when I was a kid. I got my one ear done. Screamed and said noooo way that’s all for me and I had only one ear done. A month later I went back to seal the deal! My poor mom! Cuties! My 5 year old was begging to get her American Girl doll’s ears pierced at the AG store (big eye roll) so to buy myself some time (you know, so I could save up the $50,000 I’ll end up spending there) I told her when she’s 8 she can go get the doll’s ears pierced AND her ears pierced – she thought that was awesome. Can’t wait to see your family pictures!!! Meg… i LOVE THE proud LOOKS ON THEIR FACES!!! Toally precious.. What a darling memory and such a sweet post.. I loved the tears photo. She was a trooper though. So glad I didn’t miss this post. TOOOOOO cute!! Yay, girls! Two of my girls got their ears pierced this week too. My younger one cried afterward too, but now all is well, and they think they are SUPER COOL!! Yay for the girls! I am glad I am not the only one who waited to get my daughters ears pierced! I can’t wait to see the family pictures! soooo cute, meg! anna was checking out the pictures too, shyly asking, “does it huRt??!!” and “that girl is crwying!” Very beautiful! The bling is so awesome. 🙂 Love the little diamond studs! I still remember getting my ears pierced…what a special and fun thing for a girl! The little earrings look adorable! Too cute, they looks great with they’re new earrings. Aww! I didn’t think it was possible, but they look ever sweeter with earrings (: Awww. Talby and Annie looks sooo cute with their sparkles in! I have been thinking about taking my daughter to get her ears pierced a second time. Not that she’s ever asked… Is that weird? They look so cute with their new earrings! Annie was adorable in the picture of her crying:) There is not a child out there who cries cuter than Annie. Every time a see a picture of her with tears I always think what an adorable little thing she is. I loved this post…well, I pretty much love all your posts, but this was too sweet. Your girls are all so beautiful! I have a son. Just one. That’s enough. I will continue to enjoy fun girl things through you! :o) So pretty! Love the earrings. Ellie got hers pierced two summers ago at Claire’s and everyone walking by at the mall gave me the STINK EYE like I was forcing the poor child to get her ears pierced. LOL. They look beautiful. And I loved shirt #1 (although I didn’t vote). Oh we just did this with Little Chick. I think I was hyperventilating! It’s a big deal. Makes them all grown up…all of a sudden:) Before our girls got together, I knew they were so much alike! They too got ears pierced on a whim and had the same reaction! SOOO cute! My nieces are just getting theirs pierced – so fun! Cute post! They look so adorable together in the after. I wanted to cry when I saw Annie’s crocodile tears! Too sweet…love it! Such a rite of passage for girls…I remember when mine got theirs…my oldest nearly passed out (she kinda did actually)…scared the s**t out of me!lol Your girls look darling w/ them. Can’t wait to see your family photos, I’m sure they’ll be beautiful! My girls want their ears pierced too. I look forward to showing these to them. Your girls are all so beautiful ~ I love the picture with the two of them together. Such a sweet sister moment showing off their new earrings! I got my ears pierced when I was 12…about 1970, a spanish lady down the street did ours (my 13 yr old sister & I). First we had to numb our ears with an ice cube, then she held a cork behind the ear and pushed a needle through, followed by an earring!!! Sounds like fun doesn’t it!?! Boy, were we proud when it was over, we thought it was worth all the pain. Awww bless!! They look beautiful : ) I can’t wait to see your pictures!!! Oh, they are beautiful! that’s awesome! i have tears in my eyes!!!! you’re right – gigantic milestone! HOW FUN!!! oh but annie’s tears… oh my!!! and they look darling after! I love BLUE LILY !!!! We had our pics done by her last Christmas !! Oh, the piercing of the ears. A major girl milestone is right! Your girls are adorable! 🙂 cannot wait to see your family pix!!!! In our family, we were allowed to get our ears pierced at age 13. Well, at 12 & 1/2 I BEGGED my parents to let me get mine. I think my Mom was so tired of hearing me whine about it that she made my Dad take me. what a great memory….LOVE it!!! So precious!! Ha-congrats girls!! We did that at Christmas time with our only daughter (and our entire extended family that was visiting) 18 of us inside the little Claire’s boutique. Grace didn’t cry…but she WANTED to :)) Good luck with pics…always an adventure with a big family!!! made sure the girls clean them regularly just ask MS amy d……? blessings, WELL DONE GIRLS!!! It’s a big thing……having your ears pierced!!!!!!! Here they “do”both ears in one time…….saves a lot of breathing ;)!!! hooray for earrings! they both look too cute! looking forward to seeing the fam pics great going gilies. you both look so pretty. Awwwww 🙂 Such cutie pies 😉 And I love that you picked No. 1 for Lauren!!!! 600 comments!!! HOLY SCHMOLY!!!!!! THAT is funny! Good luck with the pics! This is not the first time I’ve noticed how Talby and Clara have paralleled each other. Clara is getting her ears pierced for her birthday next month. Are you a blinker too?! My husband blinks in 90% of our pictures. I swear I am not exaggerating. I gets so frustrating. We finally resorted to outside pictures in our sunglasses. Poor Talby looks soooo tense in that first photograph. Both girls did better than me. I was in my 30’s before I had my ears pierced. Even so, my dad still thought it was such a bad thing to have done and said he wouldn’t have babysat my daughter if he’d known where I was going! so cute! Oh the girls are sooooo cute with the new bling!!! Awh they are too cute. Great job oooppps got that wrong – that would have been the pic of Annie (sorry) 🙂 the pic of talby crying made me cry. Their earrings look great! They did great! I had mine pierced in 1972 and fainted! Way to go girlies! Good job girls! They both look great in their new earrings! adorable. stinkin’d adorable. I remember the day my Aunt took me to get mine pierced. My parents finally let me at age 12!! I was a nervous wreck too. But was surprised that it didn’t hurt as bad as I thought it would. Congrats girls on such a fun milestone. and they LOOK beautiful!!!!
[url=”http://www.cheapest-nfl-jerseys.com/products_new?zenid=da047be0dffc2264db606c895a83ecf4″] cheap football jersey[/url] Sounds great. I’ll have to add it to my list. I love this book! I have been praying this book for my kids, for years… I ordered it! It looks really good. I wondered how this book was! I almost grabbed it, but I grabbed What Southern Women Know About Faith instead. It’s next on my list. I think I may need this book! Thanks for the review!! I love your blog! It’s so fun! =0) Horrible, horrible, horrible cover. {Papyrus. Barf.} But an amazing, powerful book. Love it. I have this book. I remember it being really good. Need to get it out and take another look. Oh yes, I love this book. I got it on the suggestion of a friend when I was pregnant. Wonderful recommendation! Thanks for the suggestion. I went to put it on my Amazon wish list and it was already there. Some other good books on praying for your family are Stormie Omartian’s books. I use those often. Thanks for the review . . . I’m putting that in my shopping cart and will push “buy” on payday! Great Suggestion!! I’m having our church’s bookstore manager order it for me TODAY! Thank you for the review. Laughing at your kids being trouble. I totally know the feeling! I want this! Thanks for the suggestion.
I love the Bill Cosby commercial! My sister in law and I were just discussing why they don’t sell pudding pops anymore! what a great series of shots! Where did you buy your sign? I love it! Very random! lol Btw, what kind of camera do you use? We have a lame, old “point and shoot” and then a monstrous SLR that bums me out to think about carrying all day (to capture my life on camera). My large 6 mos. old son is enough to lug. I love your blog! I love how you photograph your life. I read your blog as frequently as I read my friends & families’ blogs. And I crack up at every post. I love your sense of humor. Thanks for diligently posting. You inspire me. 🙂 such fun summer photos Meg. those pudding pops look SO YUMMY! i’m going to have to put my youngest on those right away. (since we’re finally having some good weather up here in the NW!) Fun! Meg, I have always thought that you are a great photographer and have always loved your photos, but I have to tell you, you have gotten even better! I guess I better get practicing! i want your dog. Super fun! Love the last pic…it is fun to be silly! I love, love, love that sign. I have sign envy. funny, funny, funny! I have the same dress that Talby is wearing in the photo where she’s making ice pops! (Yes, I’m small enough to fit into little girls’ clothes!) Random rocks…especially when captured to share! Waffle… he makes me want a dog! (shhh! don’t tell my kids!) Adore that pic of Annie & the sunglasses. rainbow pudding pops. such a good idea! what fun. yummy beads, yummy ice pops, and yummy fabulous material.. I love the picture of the kids’ flip flops checking on the parade. I’m inspired to start looking for more abstract photo opps. And pudding pops sounds delicious! Love how you capture the feeling of summer in your pictures. O how I love random every now and then!!!!!:) We did the pudding pops too. I agree a bit much. Bill Cosby…. Would you tell me where the sign is from. It is too die for! Oh mah gawd!!!!!!!!!!! Love the picture of Waffle in his specs… too cute! Those pudding pops look divine! Love your random;-) So, you’ve left us in suspense? Which shirt did Lauren choose? Always such colourful pictures. You choose colour, the pudding pops, the sign. It is a wonderfully colourful characteristic. I want that fabric bundle!!! that sign than sign–i ddiiiieeeee! it is so great! yum to the pops! “enjoy the little things in life for one day you’ll look back and realize those were the big things” WOW WOW WOW. your photos are amazing. I kept looking at that first one, love how you captured the summer sky. you have a gift. I LOVE LOVE your new heather bailey fabric. I’m trying to figure out a reason why I need some 🙂 I LOVE the first picture of your sweet kids silhouetted. Even though it’s not your whole family or all your kids, I would frame it. Super cute. Hope you have a wonderful week!! Random but funny pics! Lovely 😀 Really fun pictures. random is rad! That is it. sometimes the “random” posts are my favorite! I was thinking about those pudding pops last night. I am thinking I may take the kids for snow cones instead today and maybe swimming! Especially like the one of the kids waiting for the softball game to be over…made me think of last week when we “met” and just about every sporting event we drag our “youngers” to :)) I’m thinking that waffle and Roscoe were separated at birth… I feel like a big dork now for sending you that package! Note to self: Meg has 5 billion readers that also go to Micheals and think of her when they see cute stuff with ‘whatever’ written on it! You are stocked for a while girl! so funny because i just made those same pops, found them on “a little bit funky” and thought as i made them that i should send you the link. we have family pictures this weekend. just for fun….and with lauren's approval…..tell us which one YOU like?
cast your votes…. #3 and #2 #4 – she looks so beautiful, young and yet mature in it! 1 or 2! The pictures will be great! #2 for sure!! I like #2 and #6 😀 #4 I think #2 is perfect because it is simple which = perfect for photographs, but has a perfect little bit of detail on the sleeves. And in case it matters (which it did when I was in high school), I am 21 and NOT a mom…just sayin. :)And Lauren you are SUCH a beautiful young woman–no matter what outfit you are wearing; never let anyone convince you other wise. Seriously. #3 and #4. She is beautiful! 3!!! I absolutely love them all, though. You have gorgeous kids 🙂 My votes are #2 or #3. I like them both 🙂 #3 is my favorite…but she looks great in all of them! I hope you let us know which one she chooses! Of course, I assume we’ll get to see the family photo!! Definitely #3. #3 is beautiful on her!!!!! Of course, she could wear a garbage bag and it would look awesome! I don’t suppose she’d go for that though. My vote is for #3. She is beautiful! #2 for the style & #3 or #6 for color. 1 is a sophisticated, put together look. #3 – beautiful girl! Have fun with family pics. She is SO pretty! I liked #3 the best but she looks gorgeous in all the photos! She is SO pretty! I liked #3 the best but she looks gorgeous in all the photos! 2 or 3 🙂 I can’t believe that I’m voting and I’m like the 700th commenter or something! I vote for #1, without the sweater, though. And Lauren is gorgeous in every way — she is sooo pretty!! #1 or #4! but she looks beautiful in all of them! 1 or 2! I’m a 20 yr. old girl so I know I give good fashion advice! THREE all the way! 2 for sure! lauren’s stunning! #3! No. 2 – I love, classic, cute, fun and doesn’t look fussy or too put together #4… she looks the most comfortable in it. 🙂 Totally number 2…I love it. I want it for myself! #3 is my first choice, that color is stunning on her! #3 or #4 🙂 i like #3. colorful. neckline and sleeves add texture. and i am partial to v-necks. i like #3. colorful. neckline and sleeves add texture. and i am partial to v-necks. #2!!!! #3!!! #2 without a doubt! I love the detailing and that color looks great on her. She’s gorgeous. Number 3 all the way. It’s so, so flattering with the deep v. Makes her look so lean! #2. she’s such a beautiful girl! i LOVE #3 ~ #1 shirt and hair in #3. 😀 4 or 6. but mostly 4. #6, makes her look older and more mature. but i also love the color of #3! very cute. I liked #1 & 3 but my teenage son liked #2. I like #4 & #6 on her…guess I like the earthy tones! 😉 They all look good, but number 3 is my favorite. Beautiful girl! #3 & #2 are my faves. I say #3…it is solid which is good for pics but it has a little ‘somethun, sumethun’ about it! Very feminine and flirty! Kim LOVE #2, can’t wait to hear what she picked! She’s gorgeous! #2 and if not that, #3. 🙂 1 & 4 are my favorites! She is a beautiful young lady…WOW! WOW 662 comments…ok you should get an idea after that many comments….lol #3! 3 and 6…and where oh where did those two come from? please share! #2, then #3. #3! That color looks beautiful with her skin and hair! #3, she is a beautiful young lady oops. #3 not #4!!! #2,4,6!!! she is so beautiful! any shirt looks great, but the first thing that hit me was #3. however – she looks great in anything. Wow she is gorgeous! I think #3 is my fav! I like 2 or 3. I think they’ll look the most classic and least dated. Although, she’s so pretty she could wear anything! I like #3 and then #2. The style is simple but flattering on her. And she is a stunning girl. Who will be taking your family photos? After looking back through them I have to thoughts… I was going to say #2 until I saw # 3. She is GORGEOUS!…in a non-internet-creepy kind of way. Can’t wait to see the family photos and what she decides. 3 and 6 I vote either #2 or #4 #3 or #1 I love #2! 🙂 #2 and #3! #4, looks amazingly gorgeous in all of them though 🙂 #1, #2 and #3….#3 though is my fav….the color is amazing on her! 2 all the way! Lauren you are sooo beautiful! 1 or 3 (with 2 being my runner up) 2, 3, and 6! #3, the color of the shirt is so flattering for her skin/hair… so pretty! Definitely # 2!!! (And she is such a beauty in picture # 1) She should have posed the same in all pictures, so one is not that distracted by her pretty face 🙂 from a fellow 17- year old’s point of view, #2 or #6 definitely! #2 for sure. so cute! I think I would have to see what everyone else is wearing, but I like #1 number 3:) Wow, is she beautiful! I love #3 but they all look great on her. Good luck deciding! #2. Lovely. LOVE #3 ! i would say one and two. they are both flattering 🙂 #6 is the best one #6 is the best Number Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiix! #2 or #3. Beautiful shots. Can’t wait to see the family photos! Hands down number 3! Make her hair and eyes pop! 🙂 Top 3: #3, #4, #6 #2 is so romantic, classic and elegant, beautiful all around! Love it! 22222222 all the way. definitely 3!!!! she’s gorgeous! #2 or 3 for sure, she is beautiful and looks amazing in #2! I hope when my 14 month old grows up she lets me do this 🙂 # 3 or #6 numbers 1 & 3. beautiful girl. she needs to model. i like her hair in a high pony the best..messy with tendrils. 2, 4, 6,….in that order. NUMBER 1! Most definitely! #3 – she’s beautiful in all of them, but that one is really flattering. 2!!! At first I saw #1 and thought there were only two choices. And I knew that #1 was is it. But then I scrolled down and saw #3. #3 is it! HANDS DOWN! #3 and #6 I like them all. She could wear a garbage bag and still look great. She’s gorgeous! Wow, I wish that I looked that beautiful without my makeup just so. Bouncing up and down like an impatient kid with their hand up I say number 1!!! That’s 3 exclamation points just for gusto. #2 meant to say #2 and #3 for sure!!!! haha #1 and #3 for sure!! #3– first choice Definitely #3 and she’s gorgeous!!! (no boring white!!) #3. She’s so pretty! 🙂 Holy Cow, that girl is beautiful even if you dressed her in a paper bag (but #2 is my favorite!) # 3!!! #3 and #1….lOVE THEM! 1, 4, 6! #2 gets my vote. Beautiful! #2 is best because it’s simple yet feminine and perfect for her age. #4 is gorgeous on her but she looks older in it. #3 I think you could give that pretty girl a potato sack and she would look fantastic. I do like 3 the best. My FAV is #3! #3…LOVE it. but, i am a ruffle kind of girl! but, the color looks wonderful on her too! #3! What a beautiful daughter you have! #’s 1, 2, & 4 2 or 3 Definitely #3. Love the color. #3, definately! i like 2!!!!!! what a super cute girl! i like #3 and # 6 three, four, and two! those are gorgeousss! #3 then #2. lol @ 500 plus comments! 3 or 6. i like #1 so very torn between 2 and 3 #3 Numbers 3 and 4 are my favorites. She is such a cutie! Number 3 for sure..the color on her is awesome and the way its designed is flattering. Its my fav on her. Good Luck! holy moly a lot of people have chimed in! I love love love shirts #2 and #3. Simple and elegant. #2 she is a pretty pretty girl! I like #3…it’s the color, it brings out her pretty coloring, the others blend with her coloring How do I choose? They are all wonderful! But since you are making us choose, I like #1 and second choice #3. She is such a beautiful young lady!! Be sure to tell her for me! 🙂 I like the look in number 4. very editorial. #1 or #3. #1 #3. pair it with some chunky beads…yellow or coral ones would be so fun! As a teenager myself, I have to say that the color of the third shirt looks great on her! And her hair looks adorable up like that, too! She is just beautiful in all of them. I love #1 for an outfit, but would probably pick #3 or the one with wooden beads for a group picture. I think she could wear a potato sack and still look beautiful!! Number 3 is absolutely the best! She’s so pretty! I like #1 and #3. she looks good in all of them but my favorites are 1,3, & 6 are the winners(: as she is(: Love them, she is growing UP! would love to know what everyone else is wearing to be able to judge color and such better but i love #3 and #6. please tell her she is drop dead gorgeous just as she is!!! That girl would look good in a paper bag! Mercy…she is GORGEOUS!!! Love the #1 shirt. She is beautiful! All are great, but I love 1, 2 and 3 best. What a beauty she is. 1. Six #3 It’s the best color on her but she looks good in all of them. She is so pretty! #2 or #3. & i LOVE her hair up in a messy bun. what a gorgeous girl. I think #2 or #4 (and I can’t believe the number of replies to this post). 2 is a little more dressy, but 4 is downright cute! You look gorgeous in all six of them, Lauren. Okay. My 7 year old says #1. I say #4 or #6. Probably not helpful. Right? Either way, Lauren is a gorgeous girl!! #3 is definitely tops followed closely by #4!!! 2 or 6!! Love #1 and #3 – and Lauren…you are so beautiful! #2!! you have a beautiful daughter!! First of all this girl is gorgeous and she looks like a model like the kind from jCrew she is just darling. I like number 2! 3 is my absolute favorite. The blue pops. The hair works. She’s so pretty! I pick either 2 or 3! And, we need to know where these cute tops came from so that we can go pick some up for ourselves. 🙂 I say number 2! i vote for one, three, or six. and her hair is a.maz.ing. #2! Love the shoulder detail. Any one of these would be great because they are all really cute. My top choices are: #1, #3 and #6 in that order. #1 without a doubt! 3, 3, 3!!!! Best. color. ever. #1 and #4 Wow, she is gorgeous!!!!!!!! I vote for 1 and 4. But Good Heavens she is beautiful in all of the pictures! She seriously should be a model! #3 I definitely like the brown wooden-beaded one best. Such a lovely girl. 🙂 I vote for 1,2 and 3 SO CUTE…#3. SECOND CHOICE IS #4. 1 or 4 1 or 3!!!!! Oh man she is such a beautiful girl!! I think she kind of looks like your sister in some of those pics…especially the torrquoise one!!! Good luck! Can’t wait to see them!!! gorgeous! the pictures just look like a catalog and she’s the perfect model in every pic! i loved the turquoise first (still probably love that one most!) but then i saw the green and love that one too. and just sayin’…it makes her boobs look big which L might like and you might not! 🙂 sorry! NUMBER 1!!! what a beautiful girl – my pick is #3! 🙂 definitely # 2 – she is so beautiful!!! # 2!!!! I really want that shirt! Where did you guys get it? # 3 is very flattering as well. Really she looks great in anything but those are my votes. I wish I looked that good at 15..heck I wish I looked that good now. At least I have since learned about the “chi” flat iron for my unruly hair. #3 or #5. They all look good though. I had a hard time choosing. #3 and then #6, she’s totally stunning in whatever she wears anyway!! She is a beautiful girl! I think it depends on what color scheme you are putting together for the whole family, the shirts are all so pretty and trendy. I vote for #3 or #4. Have fun, can’t wait to see the portraits! 🙂 I like them all!! But I like #6 best followed by #1. #3 for sure!!!!!!!!!!! #5 and #6 classic looks, will never be dated and they are simple. Never a print I say. simple looks so you can focus on the face expressions and such. Tell her minimal makeup is best. She is a pretty girl and does not need much eye makeup! I look back at some pictures of me at that age and I wore too much makeup and think what was I thinking! Hey Lauren and Meg!!! #1 or #3 Lauren is very pretty 🙂 Can’t believe everyone isn’t saying #6. That’s definitely my fave. However, #3 is a close second and since that seems to be the popular pick I’ll mention that it is a close second for me 🙂 Number 2! Definately. It is nice and simple but the sleeves make it super cute. Loving #2!! Gorgeous girl. #3 and #6 – she looks great in the color! She is so beauitful it doesn’t matter what she wears! She needs to be in modeling. I wish my hair and make-up would look even half that good! I like #2 and #3 though. All of them are pretty! I like #3! #2. It is age appropriate and I love the sleeves! I like #2 🙂 #3!!! #3 for sure!!! #4 is the most flattering. 3 or 4…definetly not 5. gorgeous gal!! she’s beautiful…#1, 2 or 3 #1 is definitely my favorite out of all of them! Good luck for a great portrait! the turquoise. perfect! I like 2. It has interesting detail, but no so much detail that is draws your eyes away from her lovely face. It shows off her figure well, but is still appropriate for family picture day. And the color is nice for pictures, again because it sets off her face. First Choice #3 Number 4, 1, and 2 in that order:) And I love her hair in number 2. # 3 or 4 I love #6 — although she’s a beauty in all of them 🙂 # 1 I’m voting #3 then #2 She is such a beautiful girl, her whole look screams “model.” I vote for #1 and 3. As a photographer myself, I’m curious WHO is taking your family photos. I never know what to do when it comes to wanting photos with MY whole family….. All look beautiful, but my favorite is number 3 🙂 #1!!! For sure! Number 2 and 3 for sure! What a gorgeous daughter of a gorgeous mum 😀 Number 3 is my favorite. The color is definitely the best. I also like 4 and 6. But go with 3! Hope the photos turn out great. Kudos to you for sharing a decision like this. 🙂 I like #1! Lauren is beautiful! my favs are 2,4 and 3! She is beautiful Meg, and looks great in them all! By the way I thought her hair and makeup looked great too! Number 2 is plain but suits her well and maybe it blends in better with the rest of the familys outfits. I can’t decide! Number 3 or 2 but she looks beautiful in all of them! Number one! #3 so beautiful!! 3!!! 2 and 4 get my vites, but trully they all look great!! #1! #4 She is a knockout! All these comments should be a wonderful boost to a high school girl’s self-esteem, assuming that’s still an issue for high school girls. (It was so long ago for me. My oldest is 6.) Good luck! I like #3 and then #2 #3 and then #2. What a beautiful daughter! #1, #3 and #4 are my favs! She’s beautiful no matter what she wears though! I can’t wait to see the family photos! :o) #3 or #1 2 or 3, she is such a beauty! Her hair looks great in an updo too! #3 #2 is a fabulous shirt but I’m not a fan of white shirts in photographs. #4 is a fabulous top as well. #2. i like 1 and 3 for sure! Definitely 3! #1, #3 or #4, in that order. She is a beautiful girl! I like #2 #2 she is so pretty! 3 or 6. both are great. I need to start figuring out what my family is going to wear. how did you decide? did you pick a couple of colors and go from there? I am not sure how to even start thinking about it! She’s beautiful! I think #3 looks amazing (they all do – but I like that one the best)! I like 4 and 6. It also depends on what the rest of you are wearing. She is such a natural poser! Very pretty!! #3 with her hair up. 2 or 3. They both look amazing on her, though you’ve got a beautiful daughter in anything she wears! Definitely 1 or 3… can’t go wrong with either of those! What a gorgeous girl! #2 gets my vote – I think it will “age” the best as the years go by … Have fun! 2&3 seem to be very cute for pictures….when I take photos I always love a good, beautiful solid color. She looks beautiful in all of them though 🙂 #2 & #3. I think the solids look best for a group shot. And- OH MY WORD. She really is gorgeous. #3 for sure. #2 is the runner up. What a gorgeous girl you have! 2 & 3 for sure! They are both flattering shapes and caught my eye the most. She looks gorgeous in all of them though! Lauren is BEAUTIFUL. Seriously. I vote #1. #1; looks beautiful with her hair and eyes 🙂 I also like #3 – same reason. I vote for #3 & let Lauren know she’s a beautiful girl! Drop. Dead. Gorgeous!!! Oh my…you guys are soooo in trouble…I bet you already knew that. WOW, she could seriously model. Ok…I may be the boring one but I would go for the white ones. She shines all alone! My daughters and I choose #3 – FABULOUS! #2 and then #3. You guys have good genes. #2, #6, #3….in that order. 🙂 #3!!! #3 is my favorite closely followed by #6 and #1. I want those tops…where did she get them? first off, lauren is beautiful, but you already knew that 🙂 secondly, gotta be #1, then #4, love the brown and the detailing on those shirts are great. #2 or #3 with a ponytail like #5. A-dorable!! Beautiful girl! I like #3 & #2 (in that order). I like #1 and #3 the best. I say no to 5 and 6. They are cute tops but something makes me think they are not right for the family photo. #4, #3 and #6 in that order are my favorites!! They all look beautiful on her though!! #3 – Definitely. Wish I had that shirt – I must go shopping ASAP! Also wish I was as cute as here, but that’s another story! # 2 and then #3. Tell Lauren she is georgous! I vote for #2. Not sure this will help you – looks like eveyrone is picking different ones ha! But it’s only because she’s so gorgeous, it really doesn’t matter what shirt she wears. #3… shirt and hair style! (except she looks WAY grown up momma!) Can’t wait to see the family pics. I know they’ll be awesome! #3 is beautiful! Wow Lauren is really beautiful!! They all look good on her but i like #2 the best. number 3, totally fab #2 I think for SURE, it’s classic and timeless and she just looks so pretty. #2 or #6 gets my vote:) I do love the color on #3, but something about the empire line is bothering me. Maybe that it needs to be pulled down a bit and I don’t want the neckline to go any lower because she’s a nice, sweet girl:) #1!! #3, beautiful Lauren. #2 is second. First choice – 3, then 2, then 4. She is beautiful! 1, 3 and 6! but I think #1 is my fave! I like #2 and #6. Six makes her look older. (And she should know her hair looks great!) #3 That color looks great on her! I like # 1 and 3 …you look awesome in all of them. You are a stunning young lady. #3 & #1 are my favs! But she looks Beautiful in all of them! Thanks for being such a sport Lauren, I would have rolled my eyes at my Mom when I was your age! 🙂 And I am sure my daughter would do the same to me! You are LOVELY! #1 and #3! Well first of all Lauren is beautiful and her hair and makeup look great. She looks like a model. I like 3 and 6 #1 or #3. She is gorgeous!!!! 🙂 My teenage daughter picks 1 and 4. And my son picks 3 and 2. 🙂 They thought this was fun, too! i like #2 and #3 # 2 FOR SURE!!! So pretty! Tough call. I vote #2 or #4. I love both. #3 and then #2. She’s a knockout! And this was fun. 🙂 xo Your daughter is stunning. #2 for sure! #3 I pick #3! #2 is so flattering. I’d love to know where you got that shirt … I want one 🙂 lauren is so pretty! 🙂 I like #2 first, and then #6. #3 and then #4, but you will be beautiful either way. She looks great in everything…but #2 is my fave. For sure #4! 🙂 Love #1 what a pretty girl Number 1 or 4. #3! #1 or #3 #2!! She is radiant and beautiful in every way! #3 is second, but #2 is the most flattering and lovely. She has a perfect figure that works well with that shirt! #3 is a cute top for photos. Have fun! WOW she is really beautiful!! My daughter is 16 and she really likes #1 I like 3, but 2 seems like it may do best with the lighting situation. I edit photos for a wedding photog and it’s always easier when people wear white for inside shots. Easier white balance and their face is lighted well. But if you use a flash it bounces too much. She look gorgeous in anything so whatever is comfy! Wow Lauren you are so beautiful!!! I l.o.v.e. #2!! Perfectly girly! #3 is my first pick. #2, but then she looks pretty in all of them! 🙂 #1!!! She is so beautiful. #3. She’s gorgeous 🙂 I can’t wait to see the family photos! i’m voting for number 2 and number 3….one is amazing, but white and ya know…it’s just white….and number 3 is my favorite color and she looks gorgeous in it. and lauren…you are a babe with or without your hair done and if it makes you feel better, my daughter would have made me make the same disclaimer. #6! and how beautiful! Number 2!! 🙂 #s 3 or 4. 3! #4 great neckline! I was confused at first why you were showing us stock store photos of models in the shirts–how would you get them in time? I cant believe that is really Lauren! She is so pretty and so good in front of the camera! #6 OMG.. wouldn’t we all LOVE to look like that when our hair and makeup wasn’t done.. What a darling girl she is.. I thinks she looks precious in them all. Depending on what everyone else is wearing I can’t give you a photography answer…but I think #1 was just precious.. I like #1 I like #2 because it’s fresh looking. Looks great with that ring she is rocking. 1 and 4, she looks amazing in brown I loved #1 immediately, but #3 makes her pop the most. Gorgeous jewel tone for her skin tone and hair. #3 #3 #3!!! Beautiful! i like #2 the best. super cute and she looks like a model, only prettier and less anorexic. just so she knows. #3 looks stunning on her. great color for her skin tone and eyes. And very flattering. She looks beautiful in all of them, but #3 is my favorite on her. I am absolutely jealous of Lauren’s hair!!! she is so beautiful, who will notice what she is wearing? I am the only one, but i really like 5, the simplicity really showcases her face, etc. # 2 all the way! Beautiful and classy, love the hair and jewels too. If not, #3 or #6. The first and fourth tops are cute but take away from her beautiful face….less is more. She is the bomb shizzle 🙂 Have fun! #2! Lairen is beautiful, even without “hair & make-up”. #3, #2 OR #6 – She’s beautiful by the way! Wow, Lauren, listen to your mama – you are gorgeous!! My faves are #3 and #4, but they’re all cute. Love the up-dos, too. And *ahem* I have a son who is pretty handsome. And single 🙂 # 2 for sure! #3 and #5 🙂 I love them all but I like # 1, 3 and 6 in that order. I like all the others as well but I love the color in these three. I would love to have my hair look like that anytime. She is a beautiful young woman. I can’t wait to see your family photos. #2 … classic white. I love her eyes, so pretty. 1 or 4 I like # 3. the turquise really stands out. #4! She’s pretty no matter what though. Lauren is beautiful! 3 or 4-gorgeous girl! 2 or 3 I like #3! She looks very pretty in all of them! Beautiful Lauren! #2 and #3. Simple, shapely, youthful, and both with the ruffles that are popular right now. A good little “time capsule” of a shirt for looking back at later…. #3 – such a pretty color, and it goes well with her skin tone. 🙂 No white! White’s too every family picture ever. #1 (w/o white sweater), #3 or #4. #4 – love the shirt and she looks great in it! 2 or 3 … neither will move around in the photos and she won’t be tugging at them! she is stunning!!! #3 looks great with her skin color. That’s my pick number 4! number 4! and then maybe tell me where you got it! 🙂 She’d look cute in a paper sack!! I like #1. I like #1 or #3 best. She’s adorable in all of them, but I like the color as opposed to the white shirts. I have a 15 year old daughter…I feel your pain. #2 or #4! They are all cute, but I think those will photograph well – the teal top is pretty too, but hair-up only to not compete with the ruffles! no. 4, or no. 1 without the white cardi over the top! #3 – is the best shirt – very flattering – her hair always always looks good when I see her. I vote for #2,1 & 6 (in that order). I like #2, but #3 is cute too. definitely 2 or 3!! If you had 2 in another color I think that would win it for me. But both are great!! 1 and 4. She is BEAUTIFUL! I like #3. #1 or #2! 🙂 # 3 you look beautiful #2 looks amazing on her!! It’s way flattering and yeah just looks awesome! #3 She is adorable and her hair looks great in all of the pics. my fave is #3!!! She’s beautiful! #2,Very pretty.She looks so nice. #1!! Gorgeous girly! I think they all show too much skin. Can’t she wear a turtleneck sweater or something? eek. this is a tough one. i like 2 and 3 the best. it’s a tie! 🙂 #2 with a pretty, colorful necklace! She’s so pretty! Good genes mama! 🙂 #1 or #2. she’s a beautiful girl. How does you sleep at night?!?:) I love #2. It’s cute and simple #1 and #3 tied for first … followed by #4 … #3 great color, very flattering #3! Gorgeous! she’s GORGEOUS, so of course she’ll make anything look great. But, I like #2 the best because it’s simple and puts the attention on her face rather than the shirt 🙂 #3 is my first choice and #1 is my second choice! Beautiful girl! 3 then 4. #2 or #3?? Depends what colors everyone else is wearing…..Of course she looks so pretty in all of them….Who takes your pics?? I would say #2, #3, or #4. And NOT as her Mom, I still she looks great! She is so cute, she looks good in all of them, but I like the color, #3 and #6 Numbers 1 and 3! (3 is my fav) #2 it is the simplest & doesn’t destract from how beautiful she is….all your children are beautiful by the way! So I say 2, 2, 2! I vote 3 too:) #2 all the way. It’s so pretty and light. I like the shirt color in #3:) number 2 Toss up between 3 or 6 for me! She is soo cute! Her and my younger sister (who is 14) look a lot alike! I am sure they have the same attitudes too 🙂 She is beautiful!! I like #1 or #2. # 3 or #2 are fabulous! #3…but honestly, she looks beautiful in all of them! 3 and 4 are my favorites! i love #1 2 or 4 … if only my mom picked out clothes like these when she decides to “shop” for me from time to time. lol. Number 3. Lauren could be a model- she is so pretty! #2 by far. I want that shirt! Fun and girly but mature. lauren is so pretty!! 🙂 I like #1. She’s beautiful! First choice is 1, unless no one else is wearing layered looks. In that case I’d go with my second favorite, number 4. Great modeling and pics. She’s beautiful! 2!! She is gorgeous in any of them! Where did the #2 come from?? I like # 1,2,and 4. From Hannah 6 years old and a fashion queen. I love #2! #3 (or #4). #3 – beautiful color on her ~ she is a knock-out!!! 3 3 3!!!! #2–hands down! lauren is beautiful. i LOVE her side ponytail! #3 for sure. 3 for sure!! I say #2, 3, or 6….but what colors are the rest of the family wearing? They ALL look great on her! #2 for sure!!! she is so beautiful . . . and the shirt doesn’t distract from her beauty!! #3 for sure . . . although she’d look beautiful in anything! 3 or 6…I like both the white ones as well, but I never think all white shirts photograph all that well. Her hair looks great! I like 1, 2, and 3. But I’m leaning towards 3 as my favorite. I choose 3 definitely!! wow…she is so gorgeous!! And #2 is my vote…it’s so feminine and I think that’s just the look for her. Lauren you are BEAUTIFUL!!! Stunning!! Number 1 and number 3. She is so beautiful – as I’ve said before I think she looks like Natalie Portman. 🙂 They all look great…she would look fab. in a ANYTHING! If I had to choose one…I would say #2. 3! It’s perfect for photos. Solid color but lots of texture. Lauren, you’re beautiful!!!! I like #1. It looks cute on her. #3 is first pick, #2 second pick. Number 2 is my top fave. And then number 6. # 1 for sure!! I like 2 and 3 the best, especially #3. I really think she looks beautiful in all of them, but the turquoise is just so flattering. she is beautiful!!! i like #3 Lauren, you are gorgeous! Love both #3 and #4. #2! And, holy cow! She’s SO pretty…lock her up!:) Boy is she a beautiful girl. #3 then #2 #1 because it will be colorful and there are some layers which are always great for photography! She is so pretty. I vote for either of the blue/green ones. Whites should be avoided in portrait sessions to make it easier for the photographer to not have blown out highlights. I would say #1 or #3. Here’s my order in which I would pick, though… 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Love #2 plain simple so skinnnnnny and beautiful on her skin and figure! #3 or #5! I like 2, 3, 6 and by the way anytime I see her on your blog I think she is strikingly beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous! She is soooo pretty! (Ugh, you must worry!) I like them all, but 3 is such a fun color/style! Looking forward to seeing your pics! 3 and 4 are my faves. 🙂 You are SO pretty Lauren! Hair and Shirt #3. That color is so pretty with her skin, the fit is flattering and her hair makes her loo so sophisticated! Number 4! 1, 3 or 4 have fun! hope you have happy cooperative kids unlike our photo shoot! #2 and #3 #2 hands down…simple is always best, and her gorgeous face pops! #3! Love the blue! #3! She is beautiful Meg. #2 or #3 #3 will photograph the best, I’d say. #3 #3 then #6 3 or 6 with hair do in #2 2, 1 and 4 — depending on what the others are wearing color-wise! She is gorgeous. If only I looked that good without doing my hair/makeup. Sigh, why were we so hard on ourselves at that age? Who knew I would DIE to look the way I did then!!! 3 or 1 I like #3 – but, honestly, she could wear a paper bag and still look gorgeous!!!! She is absolutely gorgeous. So, it’s difficult to narrow down just one because she makes them all look so pretty. I’m going with 3 or 4 with a strong vote for 3. #3 — a great color on her. I don’t like white clothes in photos. #2 then #3. Such a pretty girl 🙂 #3 is adorable! #’s 1, 3 & 4. She is SO beautiful! #1 & 6… what a beautiful girl!!! I wish I looked good in everything I put on! #2. #3 Something simple with not a lot of pattern…#6 or #3 are great #3! The solid green or the solid blue… and she is gorgeous! #3!! For sure! #3 first choice Definitely 3 or 1. She is so pretty! I vote for #3. She is so pretty. She is beautiful! #1 and #3 are my favorites. She is beautiful!! #3 is my favorite. Love the ruffles! I would say #2 or #3 those are the most flattering for her in my opinion. Plus they are plainer, so you can use alot of fun jewelry. My mom is a photographer and I always prefer the large families that are mostly in solid colors. It is less distracting then every person being in a different plaid, dot of strip pattern. #3. . .she’s SO pretty! Gorgeous girl. 3, 4 or 1 without the white shirt over it. 3 or 1…she’s so pretty…tell her to enjoy not having to “DO” her hair and makeup to look that way!! #2 and #3 are my favs. She would look fab in anything though…lucky. 🙂 #3.. young and frilly.. wear it now while you can! ha! I like #2 and #3 best, then #5. Lauren looks like a model!!! She is beautiful! Oh wow, Lauren, you look amazing in all of the shots whether your hair is the way you like it or not! 1, 3, or 6. But she makes them all look good! She is so beautiful! I like #3 and then #2 next. Her hair looks great! Lovely! 3 or 2 or 4. but I think 3 is my fav! #3 I like number 2 and 3 the best. #2! #3 first choice, #2 second choice #3 I love it and of course they all look good but that color looks fantastic on her.She is very pretty. #1! #3, #1 or #4 in that order #6 because it is a gorgeous neutral solid, and style less likely to look dated through the years. 190 votes?? if i PAID people i would never get that many comments! go you!! My vote is #2, #3, flowy and feminine. Tell Lauren, You are beautiful, you look like a model! I said so! #3 First Choice: #1 #2 all gorgeous, but 2 and 3 popped out at me. probably 3, the colour is gorgeous on her! 3 I really like number 1! She’s beautiful with or without makeup. I know at that age though its hard to believe or convince her otherwise. I was the same way. I think #1 is young and fresh, however, it might distract. Therefore I’d pick #3. Everyone is right, she is gorgeous and could arrive in a paper sack and still steal the show. Lucky girl!! :0) #3. she looks like a model! #3… such a beautiful girl. #3 Love everything, fit, color and how it could fit with family pictures. Lauren you are very pretty and photogenic! #6 is my vote. They’re all such cute shirts! and what a beautiful girl. I have a cousin that we say would look good in a burlap sack….I’d put Lauren in the same category!! 🙂 They are all good but 3 is my fav! I like #1 but she might steel the show;) Number one, hands down. What a gorgeous young lady. I love #3!! 1 and 3 are my favorites but she looks great in all of them. What a beautiful girl! 🙂 She is a beauty! I like 2 and 6 most- they’re classic while still being young and stylish #1 and then #3. #3 with #1 as a close second…so fun! 2,3, or 6…in that order. 2 is very NOW. 🙂 Number 3 FOR SURE. Number 4 second. She is gorgeous!!! 🙂 #4 or #1 – I like the brown with her dark coloring. She’s gorgeous – but even more gorgeous inside I’m sure – which is what COUNTS of course!!! Have fun! #3 is my favorite – such a pretty color on a pretty girl! first of all, lauren is so gorgeous it’s sick. Number 1 and number 3 are my choices. She is beautiful. #6 i like 1, 2 & 4. and, as everyone else said, lauren is a beautiful girl! She looks beautiful Meg!! My vote is for #3 hands down. That color does amazing things for her skin tone, her hair color and her beautiful brown eyes. Now the question is, what are *you* going to wear? 🙂 #1 – and she’s GORGEOUS!!! She’s a gorgeous girl, I hope she knows that! She sounds like she’s hard on herself. I guess that’s the life of a teenager….. anyway, I love 1 & 3!! #3 – she looks GREAT in turquoise! I don’t think she could go wrong with any of them, but #2 and #3 are my faves. She is a true beauty! I like all of them but 1, 2 & 3 the best. Can’t wait to see the pictures! She’s gorgeous is them all. No time for hair and make-up?? Can I hire her as my personal hair stylist?! I like that #2 is simple, bright yet has a fun, girly ruffle on the shoulder. It’ll look great in photos dressed up with fun jewelry. Have fun! I love 1 as I love myself a cardigan. 🙂 3 (worn with red accents) I vote #2 or #3. definitely #2! #3, it’s a gorgeous color. She looks adorable in all of them, but I like #3 & #6. I like #6 best followed by #1. Love, love, love #2 – with some great but simple jewelry since the shoulders are soooo pretty on their own. What fun! 2,3 & 4!! 🙂 3 for sure!! She’s beautiful! #2!! and add some colorful jewels, NICE!!! so gorgeous. #3 – lovely! Okay, #3 is absolutely the most flattering. The color looks fantastic with Lauren’s coloring. My second choice is #2; the color is simple, but I love the details on the sleeves. I also like #1, but it is kind of busy for a group portrait. Have fun! 1 & 3 are tied for me. Thanks for letting us in on the choosing. How fun! #4! With #3 coming in as a quick second favorite. I think you can see bra straps in number 1…so I would kick that one out. Hope that isn’t mean sounding. Says the girl who has bra straps showing right now 😉 She looks great in all of them, but shirt #3 is my favorite. The color looks beautiful on her. #3 for sure! Beautiful girl you have there! 🙂 Love her hair in #3 too! She could wear a trashbag and be beautiful, but I would go with #3. It is very flattering and the color is great with her skin. #4 !! for sure 3 or 4….such a pretty gal! #6, #1, #4 but I like #6 the best. 🙂 I like #3 – the color is beautiful on her #2 or #3 – Both very flattering to her shape, the colors look great on her!! They show she is young and hip too! Those are my favs – the others I don’t care fro as much. 2, 3, or 4 all look great. My favorite is number 1 or 3! Go with #1!!! Love 1 and 4! DANG….gorgeous!!!! 2 or 4 – hard to decide though! I like 3, 2, then 1. What a beautiful daughter you have….she looks like a model. Good luck with the pictures! #2 – simple, yet the sleeves add a lot. She’s a natural beauty! I love #3 and then #1 — She’s such a beautiful young lady! My oldest daughters name is Lauren 🙂 she is only seven #3 for first choice she’s gorgeous! #2 and #4 are my favorites! #3 … the color looks great on her. Lovely girl … cute top. :o) 3! all beautiful though 🙂 tough choice! #3 for sure! The color looks great with her coloring. Her hair looks amazing…wish I could not do my hair the way I want and be that cute! Oh my gosh she looks like a model! My vote is 1 or 3! #2 or #3, both are really cute and look great on her! Definitely No. 3 #1..she is so pretty! 3 or 4 for sure! #2 and her hair is awesome! I love her outfit in #3 and her hair in #5. She’s beautiful! You can’t go wrong with #2 or #3. My vote is #3 #3…then #2 I like #1 and #3-I think they would both look great! My favs are 2,3, or 6. But my gosh your girl is so beautiful she could wear a paper sack and make it look like a million bucks! #2 and #3 – She is beautiful! You should be so proud of all your children. Enjoying your blog. I’m a mom of three little ones. Your blog entertains me. Thanks for inspiring! Gretchen My favorite is #1. Of course I’m sure she’ll look beautiful in whatever she wears. Number THRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! #2. #2 or #3 is my vote! Lauren gets more and more beautiful everytime she makes a blog appearance. She is really such a natural beauty! #2 and #3… and the hairstyles in each!! She’s gorgeous, and I love 3. #3 or #6 – What a beauty! She needs to trust her Mama #2 looks great! glad to see pics of Lauren. Hope we get to see the end product of your beautiful family. Number 3. She looks beautiful in turquoise! I vote for #3 ! love the color #2 is my second fave #2 then #3. She is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! Three is the best. The runner up is number 2. She is so beautiful!! I like #1 and #3. #3 #3. She is a beautiful girl. She’s beautiful. I like #1 or #2 number 3 looks awesome on her! Great color with her skin tone. I have the #2 shirt in a maroon and it is an awesome shirt as well. It is very comfortable. But #3 is my favorite on her. #2 or #3…both are gorgeous! Hi Lauren!!! She’s such a pretty girl! I like #1, #3, and #4. I like 1, then 3, then 4. Good luck! I love #3. Love the color! #3!! You can’t go wrong with turquoise! #3 I like # 1. I like 2, 3 and 6…She is a beauty!!! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the gang in the family photos! #3 Number 3 2 or 3. she’s adorable in all of them though. #6, #3, or #2. She’s so pretty! No. 3 She is beautiful!! It’s so hard! She looks great in everything. She could totally be a model. I love her hair in #1 (the shirt is cute but too busy for a family pic). My vote is for #3 – great color, and a cute style too. #3!!!! its a great color on her and really shows off her slim figure! 3 and 4 are my favs. She is a fabulously beautiful young lady! #1 looks very chic #3 and #4 are my vote. They are both super CUTE! They all look great! #3 is my favorite, although they all look great because she is beautiful! She’s beautiful!! #3 #1 and #3 #2 then #3 4 or 6 – she is GORGEOUS! I love 2 and 3 without a doubt. Such a pretty girl. 2 or 3…depending on your color theme. So pretty, and her hair really did look good, tell her I said that. That’s tough! She’s gorgeous in everything she wears. My faves are 6, 3 and 2. With 2 being my absolute fave. It makes her stand out the most, a classic beauty. #4 is my top choice, but #3 would be my second vote. She is a very BEAUTIFUL girl as it is. Which one goes best with what the rest of you are wearing? 4 is my first choice. #3!! Great colour! She could be a model! Beautiful pictures! 3, 4, and 2 in that order. Lauren is beautiful! #3…Perfect color shirt and hair up is nice! First choice = #3 #3 is my favorite and my second favorite is #4 #3 or #1 – she’s a beautiful girl! She is so gorgeous! Any of these would be lovely, because she is a lovely girl. She’s beautiful Meg….I like 1 and 4. 🙂 Being that skinny AND adorable is just wrong! Gorgeous, but wrong. I vote #2 or #3. Lauren is beautiful! I like shirts 2 and 3 the best. Can’t wait to see your final family photos – that’s such a stressful time for me! Number 4 is gorgeous and makes her look really slim. well just scanning down it looks like #3 is the most popular so far! I love #3 and #1 the best. Your daughter is gorgeous Meg! 3. then 1 and 4 Pretty girl! They all look great, but my faves in order are 3,4,1. Good Luck! all cute. love #3,4 and 2! She will look great no matter what! #3…i am partial to ruffles 😀 #1 or #3 #1 or #3 with hair #3. Such a pretty girl! Number 2 is my fav followed by 3 I am going to say #2, #3, and then #1. #3! She is gorgeous! Number 6 is the one! #3 with out a single doubt. she’s so,so,so pretty Meg. I like the blue. Wow she is really stunning, definitely model material. 2 or 3. But #2 looks so pretty! #3 is my first choice I like #2 and #3!! They would gorgeous with colorful jewels!! Lauren you are very pretty!!! Hope you guys have fun with the family pictures!! She is so pretty! I love #3 and her hair like that! Then number 2. Definitely #3. With hair up. Fabulous!!!! 1, 4 or 6 in no particular order. Although she is beautiful and will make anything look terrific. 1 or 3, gorgeous! She looks amazing with color so I’d say #6. #2!!! I like #1 or #3. She looks amazing in either one. #4 definitely- although she looks beautiful in all of them! She could be a model! 2,4,6 3 definitely – it’s the lovely turquoise colour, goes so well with her colouring. What a beautiful young lady, you must be so proud! I like number 3 & 6 number 3 hands down! #1 or 3. #1 is very sweet and flattering… the colors are hip and the sweater rally pulls it all together! Mica #1 or #3 but she would look good in a potato sack. Holy mackeral she is gorgeous! #2 closely followed by #3. All beautiful though! No. 4 and then no. 2 although it makes no difference, she looks lovely in them all. #3 – lovely colour. 6, 2 or 3. I vote 4 I never comment (but always check out your site). Lauren is stunning! 1, 4 and 6…..so no help from me:D…..and she’s a naturel beauty, doesn’t need anything more!!!!! I am going to say #3…the color is great against her own skin tone and the shirt doesn’t take away from her at all…her own beauty shines through! Number 1 with the shrug.She looks absolutely pretty in that pic .Second choice is number 4.Brown suits her. #2, 3 and 6! Pretty girl! Number 3 is really nice!! If not it’s between 1 and 2. 1 or 3 with her hair loose like in Picture 1. She looks Beautiful. #3 with #2 hairdo! Lauren looks lovely in them all but I probably like best 2 or 3 #3! #4 is my top pick! it’s so flattering on her. she is beautiful 🙂 #2 without a doubt! She is so pretty! She looks stunning – my favs are number 1 and 3! Love your blog! I vote number 4 my favourite is number 3 – wow you have a gorgeous daughter! (despite not having hair and makeup ‘perfect’ she looks amazing!) #3, très chic! the turquoise one I love number 1. #3! What a beautiful young lady! No 2,3, and 1 in that order. She really looks very pretty in all of the shirts and I am sure she could pull off any one of them.No 5 is very nice but makes her look much older than her age.:) I hope we get to see your family pictures when you take them. The turquoise shirt, #3! I like 3 or 4 #3! What a beauty! #2 for sure and I wish I looked like that when I was her age!! I was a mess she is beautiful! First choice = #3 number 4 & number 3 holy mackerel….she is so pretty and could pull off most anything. i am thinking that shirts #1 & 4 have lots going on and may distract from the “peeps” in your photo (I assume you are doing the whole fam together!) #6, #1, #3 in that order!
yes, thank you…i like real, because that is all that is around here Thank you for this post. This is me…this is reality (now could someone just explain that to my husband???) I love your blog…I feel like you are in my head 1/2 the time…it feels so nice to know I am not alone! the red EAT letters on your counter–are they wood, metal, what? did you buy them like that somewhere or paint them yourself? Please let me know. i think they might work for an idea i have for my kitchen. can they hang on the wall? Thank you for posting this! Exactly what I needed to see. A beautiful mess:) Same boat and not a paddle among us! Thank you for showing this picture!!! I’m a new mom of a 3 year old and 8 month old. I’m still adjusting to life as a mom. Trying to find a balance. I thought being a stay at home mom would simplify my life. I think it has, but I wasn’t prepared for the complexity of motherhood!! Which brings me to the cluttered house picture. This is my house most days. And I am still trying to embrace it. I’m still trying to see the good in it. The time spent together with family. The time spent making memories. Instead when I look at my house I see clutter and mess. I see a room that’s not worthy of company. I use the mess to beat myself up about my lack of effort. See, I’m still trying to find a balance. I don’t think the messy house is going to be leaving my life anytime soon, so meanwhile I will be looking for the good in at and kicking out the negative thoughts and feelings. Any advice you have for new mothers would be greatly appreciated! Love this post! It made my day today. I clean, my family messes it up. Rinse and repeat! I also was feeling like I was the only one with this complaint. So often I see beautiful homes and so very CLEAN on the blogs that I read. Thanks for being real and authentic. I have three kiddos four and under…life is busy. I love it! Oh I am sooo happy you posted this…I was beginning to feel like I was the only one who picked up just to have it be unpicked up minutes later…:) And then I somehow posted before I re-read what I had written or put my blog address in. Holly was in your comments 🙂 Sigh. It’s been one of those days. Thanks for this post. . .I needed to see I’m not the only one. . .I’m motivated now!! Meg, so I linked to Holly, saw your Rainbow Cake, linked to that, saw that you said instructions were posted May 22, 2009, went to your homepage, but I don’t find a post dating that far back? I would love the recipe!! I love your barstools. Where’d you get them? Yep, that is life with kids and summer vacation 🙂 We are definitely in the same boat. I try & tell myself that I will miss it one day! Amen, sister. And, as soon as you turn around to clean another room, the room you just cleaned is a mess again! It never ends. it takes way longer than “twice as long” to clean it up 🙂 I hear ya! I opted to go to bed early tonight so I can get up and run in the morning and left the kitchen sink full of dishes. They probably won’t get cleaned ’til tomorrow afternoon! Too funny! I wrote a blog post Sunday night (that posted Monday morning) about letting go of wanting a clean house, normal-size body, me-time, etc and just enjoying summer with my kids without feeling guilty about those things. then monday afternoon I completely freaked out about the state of our house and spent all of naptime cleaning! pathetic! (the sad part is it’s still not what I would call clean and it will be downright gross by the weekend for sure!) 🙂 Ha ha Meg. Your house on its worse days looks better than mine on its best! And I only have two kids. :/ Thanks for keeping it real Meg. You know your house is beautiful when it still looks good messy. Yours does, for sure! I so get this! It is never ending. But how boring would like be without my gaggle of girls messing up our home! The more time me and the kids spend in the house, the messier. The more FUN we have in the house… even messier! So, to me, it’s all worth it! you mean with 5 kids your house doesn’t look like pottery barn all. the. time? Oh yucky…me too. 3 year olds & infants make the same messes as big kids? Nice. That same American Eagle bag is on my floor right now, torn, & stuffed full of Mr. Potato Head body parts. Can I call that re-purposed? 🙂 hehe Don’t feel bad. I don’t have kids and my house ends up looking like that sometimes. I can’t even blame anyone but me and my husband. I joke that 50 people came in and used all my dishes and messed the place up while I was out! Thank you 🙂 xo I adore this picture. Truly adore. Thanks for posting 🙂 I so feel you…ours seems to stay out-of-control…our 17 mo old loves to “tote” things…so you never know what you’ll find where…that girl is busy! LOL I LOVE your mess!! It makes me feel so human, so normal! I just came across your blog last week, and I have looked forward to connecting everyday since…you remind me to live life…thank you. ps. i had the same denim couch…so instant connection!! just had to retire it cause too much family cozy time was wearing it out! Looking forward to more “moments” from your blog! Your not kidding! It will never really end until they are all gone. It will take a long time. ha I’ve decided that your mess looks much better than my mess…BECAUSE… everything in your house is white or light. The mess, to me, looks relatively light and clean. My house colours are dark and earthy and when it’s messy it looks dark and dirty. So therefore I have decided that I need to paint my house white and buy only bleachables. This, I think is the answer:n) Thank you for the a ha moment. I still love your kitchen. It always looks good to me. Even better when it is lived in. Keep smiling. (And folding…) Thank you for sharing this picture! As I sit on my couch avoiding the mass mess that has accumulated in less than 24 hours I am letting the guilt go over sitting on the couch instead, writing and reading my favorite blogs 🙂 Thanks for always being so real, and your house is gorgeous messy or not ;0. oh, good it’s not just me. oh, how I love honesty 🙂 This is exactly how i feel today. good to know we are not alone if our messiness! Your reality is my reality … wish I had the same kitchen as you though! Definitely right there with you:) I’m in the boat 🙂 I absolutely adore you- this picture is on of the reasons why!!! This is exactly what my home looks like right now. Yesterday I cleaned both bathrooms and 15 minutes later went in to find pee all over the wall and floor and toothpaste “artwork” on the vanity and mirror. Yesterday I had to remind myself over and over that I should be grateful to clean up such messes- it means I have children to clean up after. I am truly blessed, I just wish sometimes that I was blessed with a cleaning crew to follow my little ones around. LOL!! Argh i feel worse, i dont have kids, im 22 and my place looks worse than that.. yours looks like a palace compared to mine… Sorry Megan…it’s my fault! Lately I’ve been praying for a house like yours. I guess God has a sense of humor because today your house looks more like mine! looks like my house!!! AMEN!!! just what I needed to see (and read!) this morning! Your home is lived in. That is how we want it to be… right. They won’t remember if it was clean, they will remember if it was fun. I LOVE your blog! Well, I would say that it shows a loving, lived-in room. A room where you prepare meals for people you love, a room where you fold clothes for people you love, a room where your littlest daughter is learning to love and nurture (the baby doll seat) like she has been loved and nurtured, a room where a really cool mom makes a teenager smile with a treat in a bag from American eagle, a room where creativity is encouraged (markers and crayons), and room where children know they can just be children and relax and feel secure. Our oldest is going to college in just 50 days. Enjoy these “messy” days. The “neat and clean” ones will be here before you know it! 🙂 YES!!!! Its like those dreams where you’re running but not going anywhere!! lols I have a friend who has a cleaning person come and I tell her shes not allowed to talk about it or we cant be friends…lols… Oh boy did you make my day today! Do you ever feel like you’re the only one whose house looks like this? I have mountains of laundry – clean and dirty – piled througout the house. We just added Baby #3 to the house and it is CRAZY. I keep thinking it must be impossible to have more than 3, but I guess it’s not. I have no idea how you do it ha! my favorite quote to use at moments like this~~ Yup… my reality and your reality are exactly the same. Glad to hear that EVERYONE else struggles with the same thing as I do! So glad I’m not the only whose house looks a mess, always! same boat here… only I am in the nesting phase with only 14 more days til this little guy arrives and my wonderful husband and I spent 7 hours cleaning, de-cluttering and organizing yesterday. With all that being said… the house is still a mess 🙂 It is everyone’s reality – let me tell you, I had a party for 50 people a few months ago. My house was shining. I was so proud…I worked diligently all week, picking a new corner or closet – the junk drawer even got cleaned out! And one little guy got hurt, so I took him and his mama up to my room to snuggle and watch Scooby, and the mama said, “oh no! we don’t have to go upstairs!!! if you saw my upstairs you’d report me to CPS” and she kept saying how nice everything looked. And about 48 hours later? yeah…reality. Looks JUST like my house…daily…with three kids and a dog! Props to you for posting a pic of it! I LOVE IT! the bane of my existence…good to be reminded I’m not alone. Just back from a week at the lake and I can’t catch up on laundry. If the kids would just stay naked for a few days I think I’d get caught up. I just want to hug you, Meg! Having everyone home all summer (including my husband) means that we’re in a constant state of clutter and, sometimes, chaos. And there’s lots of sand everywhere too. Don’t even ask me about my bathrooms… Ahem. I’m not a mom…but I feel the same way about our house, just the 2 of us. By house I mean apartment. I can’t even keep up with that. Lord love a duck, how am I ever going to have kids? We are indeed in the same boat. Just to warn you, though. My boat is starting to sink. 😉 Sooo glad I’m not alone in this! 🙂 i was just moaning about this last night as i scrubbed the bathrooms and no sooner than i walked out of the bathroom did someone go in and pee in the clean toilet! so true. thanks for the reality check. oh thank God, cause sometimes I feel like the only one!! oh yes, rowing hard but getting nowhere. story of this mom’s life, that is for sure! Everybody sing it now: Makes me glad I’m not the only one 🙂 I’m ignoring at least 4 loads of laundry that are staring me down across the room… Oh honey, you need some help don’t you? I would come and help you clean if I lived closer. I like to clean and organize and I don’t have 5 kids:) I wish I could help. Yes, I’m in that boat, too, i just can’t find a seat because there’s too much laundry everywhere! Great to know I’m not alone! Smiles! What totally amazes me is that even with only two adults….chaos seems to grow on holiday weekends. Since it was raining, I was sewing and creating and not cleaning. And my better half kept emptying his pockets in a new spot every day!!!! BUT, we talked and sat on the front porch watching it rain…drinking coffee because it was cool out… I know in my head that other people’s homes aren’t totally clean all of the time, but it’s hard to imagine they can be as messy as mine. But you have made me feel so much better – we really aren’t alone! Good luck with your mess as I work on mine! we are all in the same boat!! thanks for reminding me. sometimes the messes drive me nuts, other times i feel just like what you said here … it’s our reality as moms 🙂 I SO appreciate you posting this! Many times I feel like it is only my house that looks this way and I wonder what I am doing wrong! Thank you for posting this picture. Makes me feel so much more normal. I like the “job security” comment. Thank you! I feel so much better!!!!! I’m showing my husband this today so that he realizes we are “normal” in the scope of family life! Thanks for posting! Amen! We are definitely all in the same boat! That is my reality today. I always say I am not sure how we are able to destroy a house in a weekend. My ‘monday’ (or tuesday in today’s case) will be spent picking up & cleaning up. Good luck! I also LOVE your home!! Yes a mess comes with having children in our cases many children but I LOVE it and wouldn’t change it for the world!! messy or clean, I still love your house… thank you so much for showing this. makes me feel so much better. oh wow Meg! I just did a “laundry” blog post last night! I posted a picture of my huge pile of clothes that were actually all clean just waiting to be folded and put away! Ha! It is so good to see that I am not alone in my battle! Oh yes! It can be so frustrating! I appreciate you posting this photo…it is easy to feel like I’m the only one! And don’t you feel like it’s even worse in the summer? oh my dear meg, if you could see mine right now….. we had such a good weekend though that it was worth it. and what am i going to do first? clean? doubt it. probably sit by the lake with my coffee and blog! My house is CLEAN right now. Sheesh . . . I super appreciate you posting this picture. I love a real-life, tell it like it is, show it like it is kind of gal! I just posted something similar as my facebook status! God bless you for posting this picture….I’m NOT alone!!! ahh the sweet mess of life. giggling at the eat letters all out of sorts. hey – your house looks like mine. it seems that just as the place gets tidied up…..it gets messed up even faster. i call it job security!! 🙂 🙂 Hi – it’s almost a relief to see this picture as my house too resembles it! Each day I tidy it up and each day they mess it up and we are not even on school holidays yet! I know you are…keep the faith! 😉 Lou x Gosh we must be having so much fun here then, Keri! Hahaha. Family life. totally! Our place was a total mess yesterday morning when we had surprise visitors! Oh how I cringed. Yes, definitely the life of mom. my kids have been waiting all summer for this day. Your oldest son has the best smile! Looks like y’all had a great time. Your block party looks absolutely amazing! Where I live, no one ever comes out of their homes. It must be nice to have an entire block participate in something. I’d like to know how to make the sidewalk chalk paint, too!! I totally love your neighborhood. oh i used to have block parties but now that i am in a new home i don’t know the neighbors yet. 😉 p.s. lauren is so pretty! i love her style. Looks like sooooo much fun! I want to live on y’all block! WOW! Really great party! 🙂 I love your neighborhood! Neighborhoods like that don’t exist where I’m from… just really packed suburbia, or really empty rural areas. lol. Looks like fun! Hey Meg! That looks like so much fun. Your kids will have memories they can tell their kids. Ooh, I must know what sidewalk chalk paint is! Looks like you had a great time. I love Annie’s face in that photo where her number was called. She always looks so happy! The pic of Annie’s expression when she won is just priceless! How fun! We’re very blessed to have great neighbors too, sure makes summer fun! What great fun! One question though . . . they let you close off First Street??? It is on the 4th of July that I miss living in a close knit neighborhood as opposed to a farm in the boonies! We had a great Canada Day too. I couldn’t stop myself and posted way too many pictures. That water slide looks like the BEST! You live in such a wonderful community. Makes me a little jealous. But in a good way. Oh man, that looks SO fun! I called my hubby into the room prefacing it with, “you know that family I’m always telling you about in Kansas?” Great pictures! I love the one of Lawson and Annie on the Bonzai! Remind me to stay away from Russ and his phone. Or maybe I can pretend that you used that app on the pictures of me here? 🙂 That’s it. I’m not that fat in real life, am I? I enjoyed all the pictures from your block party…that looks so fun. I would love to live in your neighborhood, I think I’d fit right in…Although I love CA and my house here, I sometimes dream of moving to a Mid-Western or East Coast small town and living in a neighborhood filled w/ old homes. I am so jealous of your block parties! Some of my friends used to live on your block and they told me all about them – more neighborhoods need to have those parties! That looks like a lot of fun! Are there any houses for sale on your block?!? Wonderful post! Found myself wishing there were more photos of your neighbors’ houses. They look so homey and inviting, and many of them seem to have a wonderful front porch. Would you take some photos of them, pretty please? I can pretty much delete the rest of the blogs from the list in my sidebar. I just need my daily dose of your sweetness, your great pictures, your happy colorful life. I’m putting my house on the market and moving to Kansas now 🙂 The neighborhood I grew up in was shaped like a horseshoe and had a huge field behind it so our block parties were massive. Now there aren’t any kids left and the block parties have stopped. Hopefully someday my husband and I can find a neighborhood that’s willing to party 🙂 F U N!!! can I come live in your ‘hood? 🙂 i want to live on your block! How fun!!! I love block parties. They seemed to be much more common when I lived in MI but I haven’t really seen anything like that here in GA. Maybe I need to start a new tradition down here! Looks like it was a blast! Love the photo of airborne Annie coming down the water slide! Also, saw your patriotic plaid dress on Amy’s blog– love, love love it! yes, i’m coming over, too. i’ll bring my famous tuna salad. Looks like sososo much fun! Your neighbors look like lots of fun! You guys looked like you had a ball! Summertime fun! Please send directions to your neighborhood. I’m moving there immediately!! Love your blog! This is my first time commenting, but I just had to when I saw on miss amy #1’s blog that we wore the same dress to celebrate the 4th! Great taste 🙂 Looks like a great time. I’ll have to get some of that sidewalk paint for my girls! That rocks! Thank you for sharing. We are going to have to make that chalk paint very soon! What fun! Both of my girls were asleep by 8:15! Food looked gr8..what did you cook? Looks like so much fun! Love the firecracker walk. Did I see peanut butter pie?? lols…I won a raffle at our citys 4th of July carnival…won a fly pen and leap frog….your pics were great!! Block parties are the best!!!But where were you in all the pics??? lols looks like one fun neighborhood, makes me almost wish we knew our neighbors…..almost. oh man that food looked so good…especially some strawberry layered stuff wrapped in plastic… Dude! That is awesome. how is it that the person who fills all the water balloons always gets the cooler dumped on them???? |
|
ashley - she looks like a young, blonde emma watson!
kristine - GAWGEOUS!
jeanne - WOW..these children are gorgeous!!!
Sandy - How cool to be the only girl with three brothers! She’s one blessed little girl. I bet they take good care of her.
You’re right – all of those kids are gorgeous!
Lorie - What great pictures. The family is gorgeous!
Dana@Bungalow'56 - Megan,
You found the coolest backdrop for these kids. I love the stairs, the metal and the brick. Each one is perfect. Where are they? The lighting is to die for. You took some pretty attractive kids and made them look stunning. A wonderful photo shoot. Be very proud.
Dana
Laura Phelps - two words for this family…
COMMERCIAL PRINT
seriously
college will be paid for
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - These are great! You are right ~ they are a georgeous family!
karen - cuties!! love the dimples!
Mindy Harris - they look like abercrombie models! how old were they?
Lanny Stanard - yep that’s one cute family…
Suzanne - love the last shot- what a lucky girl to have 3 fabulous brothers.
beautiful family.
Martina - They are models!! omg this is awesome! These kids will be HEART BREAKERS one day! :)) so wonderful. great pictures
Lori - What great pictures! and cute kids!
Amanda - Such great pictures! Mom must be giddy over these 🙂
sandy toe - the boys are very handsome!
great photographer you are!
sandy toe
stacie - You are an AWESOME photographer!! I wish I lived closer or could afford to fly you to Columbus, OH for an evening 🙂 I’d love to meet you too. I’m having a crappy day today but I love reading your blog. You cheer me up!
Anyway, these kids are adorable! I have three boys and a girl, and this was a little glimpse of what my life might look like in about 8-10 years. I’m in the think of raising young ones now, myself.
Holly - oh wow Meg! Those are great! and Yes they are a great looking group of kids!
Lisa - The dimples on one of the boys…beautiful!!!
michelle from six in the city - Unbelievable pictures!! Just beautiful!
tara pollard pakosta - how adorable!
they are GORGEOUS!
I bet their parents are stunning too!
how cute that the girl is so blonde and
the boys are all darker haired!
seriously gorgeous!
tara
Staci - Um, wow!! You aren’t kidding gorgeous family!!! Great pics too 🙂
Bec - Those cowboy boots on her were just too cute!
Megan Tyler - ALL of the pictures are beautiful Meg, but I would never expect less from you :)! I could take their pictures everyday too!
shelly @familyblt - Great shots! Totally good lookin’ kids!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Those were great Meg. Seriously…they could have their own Disney Channel show.
Julie - I agree! Great looking kids and yes, they all look alike! Very cute! And GREAT photos!
Val - Great pictures! … all the kids have amazing eyes!
jennifer - Beautiful pictures Megan!
Lynda - BEAUTIFUL children!!!!!
Audra - You have handsome and beautiful children! They could be models-great pictures.
Christy - Awesome pics
Melanie - They are all very cute and they all look alike:)
Jennifer - Wow! These are gorgeous pics, Meg! What a stunning family.
Megan - What a great looking set of siblings! The pictures are wonderful, good job!
julia - the pics are great!