Family Photos

We got our professional family photos back and are thrilled. Big plug here for Nicole Pettipas (N Vision Productions) our photographer, whom I liked so much I bespoke her for an extended family portrait the next time the Coles all get together. She did a great job considering she was juggling three kids, one of whom just wanted to escape our arms and run off into the woods (Harrison), one of whom has a beautiful smile but has gotten bored of looking into the camera after 6 years living with a paparazzi mother and usually stares off elsewhere instead while he says "Cheese" (Brendan - we bribed him by promising that if he looked AT the camera every time we would buy him a chocolate bar - shameless yes, but it was a worthwhile investment), and a child who plays strange (translation - stone face) for a full half hour with anyone new, even if that person is a photographer without a half hour to just hang out relaxing until the child begins to smile (Heidi). There was a lot of tickling involved in these photos to cajole Heidi, but it all worked out! Here they are in no particular order...