cue family beach photos

walking out of the condo we passed a man that said, "beach picture night, huh?"

so, yeah...

we had not planned to take family photos on this trip. 

rather, mom had not verbalized this to the family beforehand. 

but, we all know mom and should have expected it.

when my brother remarked that he didn't bring clothes appropriate for a picture because he didn't know we were going to take family pics,  GT said "that's like saying you didn't know the tide was going to come in"

so, we all threw on our most neutralish clothes and set the camera on timer

which we will probably do more of, because all of the kids looked at the camera!

something they do not do if a real-life person is behind the camera

go figure.