First of all: My family is the absolute BEST!! And I’m always one for making sure we get a “good family photo” for holidays and milestones. The past couple of years at Thanksgiving I’ve set up my camera on a tripod in the backyard and told my family to be ready at a specific time (and about 30 minutes after that, we actually take the photos). 🙂

This year, after getting everything set up with my remote in hand, we had a little bit of trouble timing things just right – mostly because we figured out that the battery in my remote was weak and only worked from a short distance away… oops. Anyway, here are a few of the fun outtakes behind that “perfect family photo” posted on Instagram a few days ago, enjoy!

Take 1:

Thought we had a few seconds… apparently not!

And take 2:

Allllmossttt made it…

Take 3:

Okay, Twin – you give it a try!

Take 4:

Getting closer…

Take 5:

Andy testing out the remote signal distance…

Take 6:
Then I decide to give it a try…

Take 7:

And quickly get confused…

Take 8:

Thereee we go!! (But I forgot to hide the remote…)

Take 9:

And a goofy one, of course.

And take 10:

FINALLY, the perfect one we all posted all over Instagram and Facebook!

And then I grabbed my camera and we all got inside right before the rain started back up! Mission accomplished. 🙂