The great outdoors

I have a few traditions... I started them back when I had one child who was tiny and I wanted to get pictures of him for a family calendar. Now I have two kids, a popular and highly anticipated family calendar and an inner desire to have awesome pictures for it.So last week I realized our Fall leaves are as good as it's going to get... the crazy calendar-minded me wanted to the get the kids out into the leaves. I ran my furthest run ever on Sunday... 11 miles. While I ran I noticed so many beautiful leaves. I suddenly had visions of great photography moments. My plans to take pictures of the kids powered me through the run. (I'm less than two weeks away from my first half marathon.)Later that day, my brother got into town for the week and I dragged him and the kids out into the leaves along our town's nature/fitness trail. Unfortunately, the kids weren't that interested in getting the pictures taken. I'm guessing it's because I place WAY too much importance on pictures for that calendar. Here's what I was able to take: