Family Photos With Meg of Whatever

 Back in September Meg Duersken posted that she was going to be in Southern California visiting this rad girl, and was thinking of doing some photo sessions.  It was early in the morning (see, it pays to get up early), and I emailed her with the subject line "Are You KIDDING ME?!?!?"  I've been a fan of Meg's for a while, and I still remember the first post I read of hers.  It was about how her and Craig surprised all the kids, minus Annie I think, with tickets to see U2.  I remember she was bummed out that Fergie had cursed so much.  Since then I've been hooked to her bright and simple images of life around the house of a family of 7.  I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just as interested in getting family photos taken, as I was in meeting Meg in real life. 

So we arrive to our shoot right on time (a rarity for us), with a box of cake pops in hand to get started.  The shoot took place in Downtown Orange, filled with lots of cool old buildings and pretty architecture.  Julie encouraged us to go BRIGHT in our attire, which was a new venture for us.  We usually do the standard black or white shirts with jeans.  Boring, I know.  So since Meg specializes in color photographs, we went for it and wore an aqua and orange theme. 

 Things started out okay, but within about 10 minutes, it was clear it was going to be a rough day.

 First it started with Taylor acting completely silly, but silly bad, not silly good.  Art had to have a talking to, which she did not appreciate.

 Then Syd decided he didn't want to participate.  Back turned in below photo as evidence.

 Taylor cheered up and we got a few cute shots with her and daddy.

 But then they both turned sour, and so we had to break into the cake pops early.  They were supposed to be post-photo shoot treats.

 That perked them up for a minute.

 But then the sillies started again and we couldn't get any decent Mommy & Taylor shots, Mommy & Daddy shots, or Mommy & Syd shots.

 Art looks a little irritated below, don't you think?

 There's a sweet one.

 This was our attempt at a Syd & Daddy shot. 

 Somehow towards the end we did manage a couple more decent family shots.

 And then Syd for some reason, got depressed.

 And then he got mad.  And that was our cue that we were all done for the day. 

But not before Meg and I got to take a few shots.

 the one above is her taking my profile picture

Thanks Meg for a great photo shoot, even though my family was a little crazy.  You were so sweet and patient, and managed to even get a Christmas card worthy shot, amidst all the chaos.  Can't wait for you to come to Cali again!