Pictures of us

I was writing something else, but it bored even me, so instead I'll post some pictures. Everyone likes pictures, right? You don't even have to read them.

Almost a year ago, I was thinking of getting some professional photos taken. It nearly happened at Christmas, but then it didn't. We finally did that in July, and I'm delighted to present some photographs of our newly adorned walls for your admiration.

We were given the option to buy the digital copies of all the shots from the session, so I did some investigation to find out how much printing them ourselves (decently, not from CVS) would be and decided that it was the best value. So now we can get as many prints as we want and put our faces (and our children's faces, more to the point) all over our walls if we so choose. And I can make a calendar and everything.

While we own the digital files, we don't, of course, own the copyright to the photos, so I'm not uploading the pictures themselves. Hence, you only get to see photos of photos. If you want to come over for tea and a muffin some day, you can see the originals.

I ordered the framed ones above from MPix.com. I think they came out really nicely, though Monkey is a bit miffed that Mabel is bigger. Hers was square, I couldn't help it. If I make his 8x10, then she'll be feeling miffed.

I had these silver frames in the basement. I think they were wedding presents, so I'm happy to finally have a good use for them. Because you know, it's one of the facts of life that no matter how much you say "it's just a placeholder until I get a better one" about whatever photo you put into a frame, it will never, ever come out again.

Then, for our bedroom, I got all fancy and had a canvas printed. I ordered this from canvasondemand.com. Please do not comment on how it looks like Mabel just tied Monkey up. It was the best one of both of them, and I like the hilarious face she's making, which you can't really see here.

 In the family room, I started a wall-o-photos. The middle one and the top right are from the photo shoot - the others are ones I had sitting around in Ikea frames. I'm going to add to this with various shots of the kids at different ages.

But I had to give you a close-up of this. Butter would not melt in his mouth, right?