Scrolling through my iPhone, I came across a picture of my husband and I, taken at the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland Resort, last August. In the photo we posed casually; the epitome of summer vacay mode, enjoying the hot Cali climate.
To the detached observer, the picture is unremarkable. Two thirty-somethings, a sunny local, a side embrace. To us, it’s a little more meaningful.
It was, in fact, the first photo we’d taken together since 2009.
Apparently, there are things we don’t do.
However, generalizing this way is grossly incorrect. It’s true; we don’t take photos together. But maybe it’s just a symptom of a much greater problem, and I should really be describing it as such:
We don’t make time to get in the picture.
We don’t make date night a priority.
We don’t put enough value on capturing our own memories.
We don’t emphasize our uniqueness as a couple.
We don’t insist on acknowledging that our roles as husband and wife are just as important as our roles as father and mother.
This year, we’re changing that – starting with our upcoming visit to Walt Disney World as part of the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration. All conference attendees have been awarded a complimentary Memory Maker. Disney PhotoPass Service gets everyone in the picture – and Memory Maker allows me to download all of my favorite digital photos taken at the park, on rides, with Disney characters and while dining.
We’re excited! We’re planning on “mom and dad only” photos. We have no excuse.
Do you make time to take photos with your significant other?
True. Not to mention I am going to photobomb every one of your pictures as well
At least I know you read my blog from time to time.
This is soooo true!! Especially since having our two daughters we definitely do not take or think to take photos of each other. We are so caught up in taking photos of our daughters which isn’t a bad thing but it is extremely important to stop and take photos of each other as well. We went on a date night the other week and while out for dinner, there’s my husband and I in our booth snapping selfies. People were looking at us like what are they doing but I didn’t care. we were long over due
Ahhh I totally need to do a photobooth with my husband :) Happy you made some more memories!
Can’t think of any ‘couple pics’ since we’ve had kids. Thanks for this reminder! Time to celebrate ‘us’ more. And I look forward to your Disney pics! Have the BEST time! :-)
Thank you Jenn!
Guilty. With four kids we kind forget about making theses things a priority too. Thanks for your transparency:)
My pleasure, Harmony :)
This is too true. It’s been a long time since we just had a picture of the two of us :(
A lot of couples are guilty of this!
Now that you bring it up it has been a long time since we had a picture taken together…oops :(
It’s so easy to forget, isn’t it?
We don’t have kids and still don’t take pictures together!
Gah Keri – do it now before you never do it again! LOL
We have a few selfies but no posed pictures just the two of us since we had our first son in 2009.
See? I knew there were others out there. Time to change that Michelle!
I too don’t have any pictures of my hubby and me together, well I have some but they are old, and today the way it stands there won’t be any taken either until I lose weight, I hate getting my picture taken!
Oh Lynda I completely understand. But it’s wonderful to have memories to look back on!
Spending more time together is as important as taking pictures. I learned that during the years. I was focused more on the kids and the house and my husband on fishing with friends and our marriage fall apart.
My children are 21 and 19. I don’t have many recent pictures of them with me or of my husband with me as I am usually the one taking the pictures. You are writing about something I know too well. I guess I should have more pictures of me in them so when I pass away they will remember what I looked like!
Ya i’m with Lynda on this to lol , i so hate my Pic taken, hubby is the same as me ,but its not a weight issue , hes just not a picture person , i have some couple pics but there’s not many i can say i like … You guys look amazing tho :)
We have a 13 year gap between photos of just the two of us!!! How does that even happen?
I never include myself in pictures at all! I don’t have kids so I find my pictures don’t usually have people in them!
I have this same issue with my husband, lol.
My hubby is the one usually holding the camera. His other excuse is he feels he is not photogenic. It’s like pulling teeth getting us together. Thank goodness our daughter got married and we finally have some together shots. Like he had a choice…lol
I realized the other day that I haven’t been doing a great job with taking photos with myself and my son. Or just myself. I have so many of just him. Or if it has me in it, I’m not wearing a bra or I had just woken up! Lol!
Im starting to challenge myself to take more pics. :)
If you were to look at our family of photos, my children would be motherless since birth since it is me always taking the photos. And, pics of my hubby and me together? Few and far between. Time to get cracking on making some photographic memories, i’d say! Thanks for the inspiration!
This blog post is so true Lena, as we get busy doing for our kids that we loose ourselves as being a priority in our own lives at times!
we’re terrible with taking pics too! kids pics, yes… but just us? never! :/ this year it’s our 10th anniversary so we’ll have to try!
I can’t even remember when we had a picture together.
We haven’t done that either and I think we should make a point of doing it more.
I haven’t taken a pic with my Dh in ages either. Thanks for the reminder.
I must say you’re a very cute couple
So true. We definitely need to take more photos.
He doesn’t like having photos taken, so it’s rare to have picture of the two of us. I’m gonna try and sneak one this weekend ;)
I hate getting my photo taken with anyone so I have very few that actually contain my spouse and me.
My hubby or myself are usually the ones holding the camera,my kids are grown and left the nest and doing a photo book for a family reunion a few years ago,I was shocked we only had 3 photos other than our wedding of both of us together..
Aw this is such a nice photo! My partner and I are also notoriously bad at taking pictures of ourselves and capturing memories.
I am guilty of the same thing. It’s either my hubby and the kids, or me and the kids, but never just us together. I’m trying to change that too!
I love the photo,its so important to make our own memories…when Mommy & Daddy are happy everyone is happy
I’m curious to know if you’ve kept your idea and you’ve been taking couple pictures. I don’t usually take pictures of very much so we haven’t had a joint picture in years
I’m a grandparent now and my kids are looking for photos of me with them and i only have a few because i took all the photo’s and didn’t like getting my photo taken.Wish i could turn it back !