In Search of the Perfect Family Picture: Take Two

At our wedding, we attempted to take a family picture with my then new family. After 17 takes, we didn't really have any success. This picture above, is one from the series and illustrates well the chaos that ensued during the photo shoot. On Christmas Eve at the Brucker's, there was another photo shoot attempted. This time with just the brothers and sisters (minus Ingrid). Maybe we should have taken our wedding as an example of why this is a bad idea....

Megan started the shoot with interpretive dance

And continued it for the next few shots

I think she's supposed to be Buddha here or something and I have no idea what Gabe is reaching in for here.

Eventually everyone decided to stop dancing, but it still wasn't working...

This one almost made the cut. But....Gabe seems to be distracted and confused by something across the room.

Once again, Megan hamming it up, Gabe completely oblivious to the task at hand.

This is probably a good time to check out the floor and scratch your face. Jen is the only one paying attention here.

Scratch. Yawn. Whatever. It's a party after all, do as you feel.

Yes. This would be a perfect time to see how everyone is posing.

Someone shouted out, "everyone turn around!" That worked out well.

This is just getting ridiculous.

Maybe we shouldn't pose together as a family. Ever.

Ok. We're done with this. Let's just talk.

Now here's one that is actually cute. 14 pictures later. Way to work together guys.

Oh the Brunings. I'm so glad I married into this family. Hours of entertainment. Always.