Photo Contest

Today I entered my first photo contest through Better Homes and Gardens. My mom brought it to my attention when we were on vacation and she encouraged me to participate, so I did just that.

Here are the pictures I entered...

I realize my chances of winning are slim, but with the grand prize being $5,000 I thought it was worth a shot.

There are two parts to the contest. In the first part there will be professional judges who will choose a winner. That is the $5,000 prize. For the second part they will allow viewers to choose a winning picture that will be awarded $1,000. I am sure I will hit you all up again once the second contest starts.

Until then would you please click HERE and either comment or hit the "like" button for each picture (unless of course you don't like any of them). But my kids are kinda cute so I am sure you will vote for them even if you don't like my picture taking ability. :)Thank you in advance!!!

The Alexander crew

Remember this post about not having a good picture of the girls or kids? I decided that I was going to take them to get their pictures done. Lets just say it was not fun experience. I thought I was being so smart by having all five of them photographed together. It was a disaster! The poor photographer, my poor children.
A couple of examples of the what we all had to endure.

This is the best picture of the five of them...

After an hour of trying we ended up leaving, without any pictures. I did reschedule for last night and decided to just bring the girls. It was not stressful this time around, but it still wasn't fun. Is photographing children ever fun? I did end up getting a few nice ones, but without some drama to go along with it!

We did get ONE picture of the two of them smiling. Success? It'll work for now!

Most of the nice ones we got are of them alone. I can't believe how much they have changed in just three short weeks!