Keeping it Simple

I have shared that me and my husband celebrated our 40th anniversary this year. As part of that celebration, I wanted to get a family photo to show what our family looks like after 40 years of marriage. That shouldn't be a hard thing to do, right?

I love to see those family photos where everyone is color coordinated and they're in an amazing location. I thought maybe we could do something like that. But then I thought about the times in the past that I have tried to pull off one of those fancy pictures. I hate coming up with a color theme and I always feel bad making people buy new clothes just for the photo. This time I took a new approach.

We were going to all be together for our family anniversary celebration, so that seemed the perfect time. I told everyone I didn't care what they wore as long as they didn't look like slobs (actual words I used). I arranged for one of my sons to bring a drone to take the family photo. We planned to take the photo at a park where we were staying. Well, one of the families ended up not being able to come. There went that plan!

Fortunately, our family gets together every 4th Sunday of the month for dinner and visiting. It's a tradition my oldest son suggested back when he was first married. It has been such a great thing. It helps us stay close as a family.

So, a couple of weeks ago it was a 4th Sunday and we were all together again. So, we went to the park by our house, my son had the drone, and we took several pictures. It's not a fancy, color coordinated photo, but I love it just the same.

The point is, don't get caught up in trying to make everything perfect. It's ok that our outfits don't match. It's ok that it was taken at a park instead of some other grand location. It's ok that we aren't lined up in the perfect formation. The important thing is that we have now documented what our family looked like when we had been married for 40 years.

KISS - Keep it Simple Stupid!