Matt shows off the picture NOT in the church directory.

The picture taking station for our church directory happened to be set up in the nursery area at church. We did the poses, which was weird. At one point the man asked us if we were married. "Um, no..." we replied, wondering why he needed to know. "Have you been dating long?" he continued.
"Seven years" we told him.
"Oh, okay, this next pose will be okay for you."
Thank goodness we have been together long enough for the "Matt straddling my hip" pose.
I think a women's study major could write a paper about couples posed in church directories and what that says about society and relationships.

At any rate, we got near the end and Matt noticed some dolls they had for the children. The photographer, who had a good sense of humor, if not a full understanding of his perpetuating of the patriarchy, took this picture which we did not select as our directory picture but which now is framed and on display in our house.

Matt enjoys it quite a bit.