Family Beach Photos

I'm super late posting these but wanted to get them up anyway. A few weeks before we went to Hawaii, I made a post on Clickin Moms, a photography forum I am on looking for someone to take some family photos of us on our trip.  I knew it was a long shot so was shocked that I actually got a response from someone who lived there and was looking for people to take photos of for FREE to build her portfolio!  I couldn't believe our luck on that one!

When I scheduled the photos, one thing I did not know is how frequently it rains on the north shore of Kauai. (where we were staying) It is never a constant rain, just quick little showers during the day that literally come out of no where. So the day of our photos I was happy to see blue skies! We get ready, I actually do my hair for the first time on the trip and we go to meet the photographer. We go out on this pier and then it happens. Literally the second we get to the spot and too far from our car to go back it starts POURING out of nowhere. The kids are freaking out, we are trying to keep smiling for the camera, I'm trying to keep my hair from becoming a frizzy mess.  What a disaster! Needless to say, we did the best we could which wasn't so great. We did end up with some usable shots and I am so grateful to our sweet photographer for driving to meet us! She did amazing despite having to deal with rain and uncooperative children. Here are the shots we got...I had to include some that we took in the rain just to prove how bad it was! LOL This is just another reason we will have to go back to Kauai...to get more family photos!








 And now some of the usable ones!