"professional" photos

we got nash's pictures done last night. finally. not so good-those photographers think they know what they're doing, but i'll tell you firsthand: they don't. the lady who took our pictures was so unbelievable rude! i wanted to use this bench on the white background (you know-red white & blue...summer...) but she wouldn't let us. she said the red would drown the kids out. but with five kids on a little bench, i hardly think that likely. then she was convinced that rubbing a feather duster on nash's face was just what he needed to make him smile. it only aggravated him and made him itch his ear. so annoying. finally i just gave up and let her do her "magical" thing. and this is what we got. we actually went to get pictures of all the grandkids (click) for grandma's birthday and those turned out about the same par....just okay. we'll have to try another day when we can get a photographer that will let us do what we want with our money!!