I'm not quite sure why I had it in my head that things would go smoothly; smooth and two year old toddler are not in a symbiotic relationship. Nevertheless, we tried. And we ended up getting a thousand or so pictures like this:
![familyouttake_adollopofmylife](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7711/17219306110_f54d151ee9_z.jpg)
![familyouttake_adollopofmylife_1](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/16786597383_1fcd1b8936_z.jpg)
![familyouttake_adollopofmylife_2](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8810/17220661009_dc04190bd6_z.jpg)
By this point Drew was really happy about how things were going. Thrilled I tell you.
I thought we'd try again later on in the week with just the boys. I was desperate for a picture of all three of them. Clearly we nailed it.
![brotherouttake_adollopofmylife_2](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5445/17219099518_996c647f7b_z.jpg)
Tyler refused to sit still. REFUSED.
![brotherouttake_adollopofmylife_1](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/17219318000_7b34d2b759_z.jpg)
Brayden was trying force to get Connor to smile.
![brotherouttake_adollopofmylife](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7686/17406511991_874aa4c880_z.jpg)
nailed it.
![brotherouttake_adollopofmylife_3](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8714/17219309040_b27e4d3027_z.jpg)
Forget Chinese water torture. Just ask kids to sit for beach pictures. It's apparently the same thing.
We did happen to get one semi-decent family picture, of which I am thankful. And the individuals of the boys came out ADORABLE. You can bet your bottom dollar that I will be blowing these up and hanging them on our walls (somewhere... not sure where as I am finally running out of wall room!)
![familybeachpic2015](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8734/17394875682_03619b1b2b_z.jpg)
The only picture we captured of all 5 of us looking at the camera. Out of over 300 pictures.
![braydenthomasbeachpic2](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7743/17396506011_b4c8af9505_z.jpg)
![braydenthomasbeachpic](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7700/17209083828_7c3d5afbb3_z.jpg)
![braydenthomas](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7686/17210665109_c0cf95c915_z.jpg)
![connorandrewbeachpic2](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7686/16774346224_e1c52ba021_z.jpg)
![connorandrew](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5441/17370895736_9afd830549_z.jpg)
![connorandrewbeachpic](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/17396498721_77fd45d9cb_z.jpg)
![brothers](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8747/16774353544_8d38bc9436_z.jpg)
![tylerpaulbeach2015_bw](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8896/17210592869_49c618ea68_z.jpg)
![tylerpaulbeachpic](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7738/17209013298_fa8eda8978_z.jpg)
![tylerpaulbeach2015_2](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5454/17396439501_1bcf848ed0_z.jpg)
![tylerpaulbeach2015](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8696/16774289084_24d2d0e0d4_z.jpg)
![gigibeachpic](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7754/16774341734_14808edf38_z.jpg)
![youandmebythesea](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/17394817192_487d09c896_z.jpg)
(To read my recap post, click HERE)