Team Beat Kiddos

We've talked for a long time about getting a group picture of the kids of Team Beat (the guy's cycling 'club'). Seeing Lauren and Logan (the oldest 2) will be leaving it was time to get the picture done. Thanks to Nikki for organizing, we took pictures today. The setting was Bryan's porch which is where the guys meet to begin and end their rides as well as where they sit for hours and drink home brew and eat chips (healthy huh?). The yard is huge so it is great for the kids to ride their bikes and run around. (We must look like real hicks, hanging out on the porch - most of whom are in Lycra!) Anyways, many fond memories are shared on this porch....

Trying to take pictures of children is just a real joy! Having a bunch of adults jumping in the background, calling out names, asking for hands to be removed from the mouth, telling kids they can get the dirt out of the eyes later (that was my favorite!) and trying to get them to say pink marshmallow had to have been quite the site. Lucky for me, I have a great brother who does a wonderful job of 'editing' pictures. So even though this might be the best one for 1/2 the group, I hope to have one in which they are all looking forward and smiling! Amazing what technology can do :)

We didn't warn Bryan we were coming and using his porch. He walked out to find a bunch of kids taking over his porch. So we thought it would be fitting if Bryan was in on the photo shoot too. Anders (bottom left) has had enough and eventually slid out of his brother's arms, and Gerrit and Abby (right in pink) had had enough time in which their hands couldn't be in their mouths.

Bryan is awesome for putting up with our children and picking up after them after our time on the porch. (Usually one of them has spilled lemonade and left a trail of potato chips on the porch -- GERRIT??)