They say love is blind. Many of us with dogs, knows this is true. You might be shocked at how many photos I have of my dog Cleo, which are also out of focus. But, I keep them because I can still how cute she is in them.
Awkward Family Photos. Our Christmas card includes our dog - she is part of the family - and I plan to keep working on taking that perfect family picture, if it kills me. I'm grateful for digital photos, because you can imagine how many embarrasing photos are deleted.
But how about the photos that don't get deleted? How many of you have cringed yet couldn't look away from AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com??
These photos pop up in my Facebook stream from friends all the time. This hilarious site lead to a New York Times bestseller. The authors of both the site and book, Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, found that the pet photos quickly became the most popular and the most commented upon photos, so in June 2010 they naturally created AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com.
On November 1st, their new paperback book - a tribute to the unbreakable bond between people and their pets - goes on sale..just in time for the holidays!
And you can WIN your own FREE copy by entering our GIVEAWAY!
We’ve got lots of ways to enter in the Rafflecopter below…choose as many or as few as you like! This giveaway is open to US and Canada mailing addresses only. The giveaway ends at 12:01 am on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 Good luck!
Disclosure: We received our own paperback copy of the Awkward Family Pet Photos to facilitate our review by Three Rivers Press, at Random House. They will be providing the other paperback for this giveaway; we were not paid for our review and all opinions are entirely our own.
I love awkward pet family photos! :)
Posted by: Lori Miller | November 04, 2011 at 08:42 AM
I've enjoyed seeing this book around the blogiverse. It's both funny and endearing that so many people love their animals enough to want photographic memories.
BTW, I can't toss out blurry pix either. It helps me remember the cute moment even if no one else could tell what was happening.
Posted by: Pamela | November 05, 2011 at 09:19 AM
Yes we have always included our pets in the photos...they are part of the family plus we also sign their names to cards and holiday cards.
Posted by: Sharon Gilbert | November 05, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Yes, our pets always take center stage in our holiday photos!
Posted by: Jeannie Kenny | November 09, 2011 at 01:25 PM
This is our first Christmas with Prince Poodle, and he is in our Christmas pictures!
Posted by: Jackie Baltrun | November 09, 2011 at 01:29 PM
The pets are part of the family and they love wearing their santa hats!
Posted by: becky klinkhamer | November 09, 2011 at 02:32 PM
Definitely with Santa hats/reindeer antlers :)
Posted by: Jen M | November 14, 2011 at 06:05 PM