To get one very awesome photographer (Sara Madsen) and 9 very busy mom and dad plus, 1 young adult, 3 teenagers, and 3 children together is not an easy task by any means. Dates were set but other, more important, activities came up. But in the end it worked out and with threats of not doing their laundry for a week and other intimidation tactics we all came together. We had done the studio pictures before and it was always a ludicrous event trying to get everyone to pose and smile at the same time not to mention that most studio are NOT accommodating