The Zoo and their Keepers

I have had to come up with a picture of myself for an essay thing that I have done recently. And, we are really overdue for a family picture. So, my darling husband with the patience of a saint helped me coordinate clothes for everyone, and my dad took some pictures of us (way to go GaGa!) before church this morning. Mom was kid-wrangling. Tooter, poor thing, was running fever (which I didn't notice until we had gotten thru with the song service), so that explains his lack of desire to smile.

I realize that there's a lovely substation directly behind us. BUT, to get the beautiful wooded area behind the church, we would have had to look directly into the sun.

And, as you can see, that caused a great deal of squinting for us all, but especially for poor Poodle. Toot didn't even bother looking up. Smart boy.

I don't know if they'll let me use the family picture, or if I'll need to use an individual picture. But, for now, it's nice to have an updated family picture until we can get around to having a "real" one made - one of these days. Oh, CAB, why do you and your camera have to live so far away?