Smile!

There are certain things that I care a lot about when it comes to this wedding. And there are other things that I don't care so much about. One of those things are engagement pictures.

I'm not really sure why you have to have engagement pictures taken, but you do. You send them to your local paper where employees openly laugh at the dumb poses and think "How did that guy get a hot girl like that?" I know this to be true.

So Eli and I went and got our photos taken as tradition dictates, figuring we could get Christmas presents out of them. We went to a place that would be fast and cheap: Sears.

Of course we did the cheesy poses and showed off the ring. I probably should have gotten a manicure or painted my nails. But I didn't think that far ahead. Here's what we got. Feel free to laugh and mock.

How funny is this one? You can tell I'm trying not to laugh and my hand is all weird. I'm trying hard not to make it one of THOSE poses:

Insert corny love song from the 80s here...

I actually like this one.

Now the best for last. We took solo pictures. Apparently we may have wanted to get a collage, via 1976. You know what I'm talking about, the photo of the woman thinking dreamily and then in the corner is a photo of the couple. So great. Eli looks cute in this one, but it's still funny.