so this year my sister is making a picture collage thing for my mom and for the FIRST time in 5 years i let her take a picture of me with my family because i wasnt too humiliated!



i didnt know we were taking pics so im not all dolled up, but its not too bad!

I think you look gorgeous. In our family picture this year, I looked terrible....so I'm definitely jealous.

awww thanks! well you look great in your profile pic for sure.

yeah...but I can take 500 pictures of myself, and pick the one I like best, and then photoshop it until it looks like that...

My mom took one picture, just one...and is terrible at taking pictures so the angle is ALL wrong and makes me look bigger then I think I really am...and won't put it on the computer so I can photoshop it and at least make the lighting look better then it is...lol

You look FAB!!!

Definitely a NSV. Keep it up,girl!

thanks dutchgirl! i wish it was a better picture of my husband, but better him looking bad than me, lol.

divine, i wish i knew how to photoshop pics, id be a babe in every shot.

And here I was thinking you looked like Gwen Stefani

Lady, you're gorgeous! I love your hair (I'm a brunette too, I'm biased!) and most definitely your eyes!

What a great NSV! I don't generally like to have my photo taken, either. It is a big deal that you are at the point where you don't mind anymore. Congratulations!

J

That's a nice NSV... you look great in the family pic!

Having a photo you are happy with is MAJOR!! Congrats on this NSV!

awww thanks everyone!

i knew you gals/guys would understand why it felt like a big deal.

i wish! lol

I missed out on so many photo opportunities because of my weight back in the day. Scrolling through my photo albums, it practically looks like my kids are motherless. What a shame. What an absolute shame. But fortunately now I'm a camera hog.


I also pictured you looking like Gwen Stefani. I don't know, it's just the image I've had in my head of you. Hmmm, could it be that avatar of yours? I think so!

Well you don't look like Gwen, but you do look BEAUTIFUL. Really, really lovely. I'm sure looking at those pictures were a joy for you. You've come so far and the proof is in the pics - and so much more, I'm certain.

i have a photo of when I won a scholarship. I look like the state puffed marshmallow man to myself. I look in the mirror daily and think "Thank God I don't look like that anymore!"

I feel ya....

I think your profile pic DEFINITELY makes you look like Gwen Stefani. But your family pic is absolutely gorgeous. Love the boy's smile!

i should probably clarify that my profile pic is gwen stefani, not me, lol.

shes my fav. <3

thanks so much everyone!