'Awkward Family Photos': 18 Of The Weirdest Vacation Photographs EVER (PHOTOS)

It all starts with the best of intentions. Mom and Dad, feeling that the family needs to spend more time together, decide that we should take a vacation ... but between the itineraries, the sunburns, and the sing-alongs, the only thing relaxing about a family vacation is when we finally make it home.

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[horumar]

01:50 AM on 10/03/2010

lol #4. they look SO bored!

[Hemant Soni]

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[tgaines727]

08:42 PM on 10/01/2010

12 and 19 are my faves.

[sparklebee]

01:16 PM on 10/01/2010

I know the people in #8, and it absolutely made my day.

[woodrowman]

12:54 PM on 10/01/2010

Wow! I would love to life in an era where looks were worshiped a little less!

[camcat]

02:26 AM on 10/01/2010

#5 must have been Sara Palin's fashion inspiration last Sunday when she was photographed near her hotel in L.A.

[jplanner]

02:05 AM on 10/01/2010

these mostly are pretty ordinary to me, and the winner seems normalish too, a bit goofy.

[ATLBOB]

10:15 PM on 09/30/2010

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/11/14/the-thin-white-line/

[CrazyCarl]

02:00 PM on 09/30/2010

Hey - they forgot the picture of the Huckabees in their striped shirts....
http://gawker.com/399878/what-politicians-family-portraits-say-about-them

[utopiarunt]

01:59 PM on 09/30/2010

I see absolutely nothing out of the ordinary with regard to picture number 17..? It (they) just look so normal. Attractive young adults, with not all that attractive parents! The son's shorts? I must be missing something there. What are you folks talking about!

[ontheman]

10:37 AM on 10/01/2010

Are you the Venus de Mom? Come on, it's okay...

[darkmark]

12:03 PM on 09/30/2010

i'm sure democrats on vaction are just, or almost, as bad as all these republicans.

[darkmark]

11:59 AM on 09/30/2010

from some of these photos i can understand why some people believe in god. what else do they have? does the suicide rate go up after vacations? i think we have proof.

[omgriri]

10:09 AM on 09/30/2010

I'm in sporadic giggle fits about #7. HOW IS THAT WOMAN HOLDING THE BIRD?

[amfilmlvr]

12:24 PM on 09/30/2010

I read your comment and went back to look at #7. Thank you for spreading the giggle fit!

[Gentleman Agitator]

08:50 AM on 09/30/2010

So many Griswolds, so many vacations. "Holiday Road, oh, oh, oh......."

[BookmanIIII]

08:03 AM on 09/30/2010

The Addams Family in color...strange.