Week 20: May 18

I took my kids out with the intention of getting a few nice photos of the two of them together on one of the few sunny spring evenings we've had lately.  I even compromised and let them help pick out what they wore (ok, all I got to pick were Ethan's jeans and shoes...) and bribed them with a McDonald's Frozen Strawberry Lemonade that I had a freebie coupon for.  The lighting was perfect, the golden backdrop was gorgeous, and my kids....well let's just say they weren't in the picture taking mood.  Sure they sat (relatively) still for me.  They even gave me a few fake smiles.  But this photo is the one that makes my heart sing.  This photo wasn't taken while I was begging for some real smiles, nor was it taken while I was making a terrible joke.  This is just a moment I caught of the two of them just being themselves.  When I look at this photo I see the relationship between them and the love that they have for each other.  This is real.  And I have to say I like it better then the "perfect" photos of them happily smiling at the camera at the same time. You just can't stage love.