Will YOU take the Challenge?

Take a look at your photo albums and if you are a scrapbooker,
your scrapbooks.

How many pictures of yourself can you find?

If you're like me, you can probably count them fairly

quickly because there just aren't that many.

Why is that? Well, for me, there are a few reasons.

1. I'm usually the one taking the pictures.

2. I'm the one who uploads them to Snapfish, chooses the shots

I like and order prints. Pictures of me typically don't make the

cut. Dark circles under my eyes is probably number one reason

why, followed by unflattering pose [read:muffin top], unflattering

angle, or that in my mind, It's just not good enough.

However, I have been making a concerted effort to have more photos

taken of myself, not only "Just Me" but also with my hubby and my

kids. Even if that means I have to do the old "hold the camera out as

far as my arm will reach and take my own picture" technique :)

My friend, Emilie, recently set up a challenge on her blog through

flicker. The challenge is to make a greater effort to get in photos with

your kids ~ no matter what you're wearing, how much cover-up you

need, or how much weight you think you need to lose. The point is

that your kids don't notice and will not care in the future about those

things. What they will notice is that you loved them and what better

way to capture that than with a photo?

Here are some of my recent attempts...