Year after year, our kids bring home their little packet of “ho-hum” photos with the same boring backdrop. Often, these photos were taken after lunch or early recess in elementary school. Now that they’ve increased the distance from school to be eligible to ride a bus, many more kids are walking to middle and high school. No amount of primping and hairspray before that walk is going to hold up after walking 2 miles outdoors. It’s time for an alternative to these ordinary school photos! This is my second year taking my own kids’ portraits for my wall, and I wish I had thought if it years ago! Here is Miranda, now in 7th grade…