Yearly pictures

We have a tradition of having the kids pictures taken each year on their birthday ~ at least until they start school...after they start school we go with the school pictures :o). This year we were in Arizona for Ben's birthday and I didn't have the energy to locate a Kiddie Kandids in Arizona or spend the day of our vacation having pictures taken...since it can be a big ordeal. So, we waited until today to have Ben's pictures taken. I kinda decided at the last minute to run over to Kiddie Kandids. I plopped Ben into the bath and picked an outfit, planned on putting our name in (since there is usually a wait) at Kiddie Kandids, grab some lunch, get pictures, get home in time for nap. That was the plan...it sort of worked out that way. First, Ben wanted Scott to come with us and I had planned to leave Scott at home. Scott has zero patience for picture taking and he makes it more stressful for me. Unfortunately, Ben was adamant that Scott go with us, so we were going to have to work together and get this done quick :o). At Kiddie Kandids, Scott jumped out of the car and put our name in (30 minute wait) and then we headed over to Arbie's for lunch. We got back to KK just in time for an open booth. The shirt I picked for Ben ended up being too small, so Scott searched Babies R Us for another shirt (the KK is in the Babies R Us!). We found one that was cute enough and both agreed on quickly. Other than that, the whole experience was virtually painless and we were out of there is record time...even ordered and received the pictures!!! Wham, Bam, thank you Mam! But, it was still 1:30 and I had to get Ben down for a nap because we were going to watch Zach play in his Little League World Series at 4:00!! YIKES!

Unfortunately, when Scott jumped out of the car to put our name in at KK, he dropped his glasses and they got run over!! Scott had to drive back to KK and retrieve them. Some nice person had picked them up and left them with the service desk at Babies R Us. Luckily, they are in pretty good shape...just kinda crooked on Scott's face :o) :o) :o)

CONGRATULATIONS, ZACHARY!!! Zachary's baseball team won the World Series Championship! They won 17-10 in a great nail-biting game. Zach pitched the first three innings. Yeah, Zach!!! They got a big fat trophy, too!

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