The Problem With Auto-Timers

My family just doesn't GET them. I have an album full of photos of the four of us... even the six of us (when the Fur Babies are with us) but usually only two of us actually LOOKING at the camera - and it's not always Hubby and I!

And we will usually give it three tries before everyone either gives up, throws a tantrum, walks away from the shot or begins licking a part of their bodies unsuitable for a family portrait.

But they still make great pics... I think I remember most the fun we were having trying to GET the shot and although still failing miserably with the end result, having a blast doing it!

I picture myself in that moment, counting the seconds down, reminding the kids to look at the camera, saying "cheese!"... and the memories attached to that day: walking on the beach collecting driftwood, singing along to the Temptations in the car, seeing a shooting star that night after a long day in the yard.

Again, proof that life IS sometimes all about the journey, not the destination...