Texas Bluebonnets; April 2013

For my non-Texas readers, an annual spring tradition in these parts is to take family pictures in a field of bluebonnets. This is our third year doing so (having kids greatly increases ones participation is these types of traditions). Though Austin wouldn't cooperate very well, I think we got some pretty great shots.

This is a Bluebonnet.

This is the sort of place where a lot of picture taking happens. You just pull off, hop out, snap some photos and hope you don't get killed in the process.

This is where we went this year. The bluebonnets had other wildflowers amongst them, so the pictures are more colorful, and it was on a headquarters' property, so it was MUCH safer than the side of a highway.

Graham gave a perfect picture from the first attempt.

Sweet baby.

I loved his look of concentration while attempting to grab the flowers while they swayed in the breeze.

Austin wasn't in the mood for pictures, so we thought we'd try some group shots, hoping to lighten his mood.

And then he either wouldn't look at the camera....

Or gave me this stupid frown face.

So we let him run around a little while Seth and Graham posed.

And then we tried some Brother Photos, thinking that perhaps he would want his picture taken if he was with Graham.

They aren't exactly smiling OR looking at the camera here, but I still love this sweet brother photo. There aren't very many flowers in this picture--it's a lot of green, but we didn't find many full patches to pose in.

And then Seth decided to horse around, trying to get him to be in a better mood.

And we did get some smiles from him during this.

And then he went and sat down amongst this dessert grass stuff. And gave a great smile!

and then a sweet concentration face...

And when we finally got him to sit amongst some Bluebonnets, he did give some smiles.

And with that, we were done. Those were literally the last two photos taken.

It seemed like the Bluebonnets weren't out much this year; we couldn't find a huge, lush patch. But we had an ok time getting some good photos just the same. Hopefully next year Austin'll feel more like smiling! (That's the second year in a row!)