mitchell family day.

After planning for more than a year -- my pregnancy got in the way last year --we finally had a professional family photo taken of the entire Mitchell clan. We are all done having kids (at least that's the plan) and thought it appropriate to do a family pic. This way Yia Yia & Papou can replace the pic from 1992 that hangs above their couch - phew! Our family has changed so much and we're all looking forward to seeing the photo proofs. With 7 kids in the pic, it'll surely be interesting to see how they came out. I shall keep you all posted.

In the meantime, here is a scan of the old family photo for reference. What I remember most about this photo is that the day after this I was rushed to the hospital with a ruptured appendix and spent a week in the hospital! Glad we were all smiles before that happened...

We all got some individual family photos while we were there as well. While Jeff's family got their pics done, I took some pics of Riley, Sam, Zoe, and Lincoln. Here's one of 'em.

And then to pass the time, I got them started playing Simon Says as you can see in the pic below Simon told everyone to stand on one leg.

And this is one of Linc just looking free as a bird.

After the photo shoot, we headed back to Yia Yia & Papou's house for pizza and family fun. The September weather was gorgeous so we got to play outside. Below is a shot of Linc playing ladder golf for the first time.

And finally, here's one of Linc looking very natural with a nice smile. Toward the end of the family picture thang, I fear that his smiles were forced. A mom can only hope that he looks cute and natural like this in the big family pic!