Zane & Max

Christmas Cards 2

I think one of my favorite Christmas traditions is Christmas cards. I love receiving so many beautiful cards in the mail. I Love, love, love seeing how kids are growing and changing each year. Even more I love the Christmas update letter. Even though I haven't sent one in a few years. I still enjoy reading other people's letters. I have a Christmas tree card holder but it just doesn't seem to hold all the great cards.

So this year I decided to display them differently. We hung some jute rope across the living room and then used clothespins to hang up the cards. The clothespins were a little plain at first but then the girls got busy and helped me modge podge some Christmas scrapbook paper on each pin. Now they look great.

I love walking past them and seeing all the smiling faces. If you don't currently send me a Christmas card, send me one next year. It will be cherished here!

(And I keep all my cards each year on a ring binder clip so that we can look through past years as well) No trash can for these babies

Christmas Card Photo

After a very tiring Christmas last year, I made a decision that I would get things done before the last minute this year. One thing I thought could be done ahead of time was the Christmas Card.

So one Saturday in mid-November we headed out to take our card photo. Armed with a promise of Baskin&Robbins for after the shoot, we got a pretty good shot.

But what I really love are the "out-takes" These shots really show the personality.

And man do we have some personality with these 5.

I even tried to get a few individual shots. Just for fun.

Sometimes though you get a real winner. Like this one of Kaylee....just love those big blue eyes!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas

Dressed to impress

This year Zane's Christmas concert had a (almost) formal dress code. He was required to wear a tuxedo shirt, tie, black dress pants & shoes. He looked very dapper,(if I do say so myself)
It does this Mom's heart good to see him dressed in something other than tshirts & basketball shorts, even if the concert only lasted 15 minutes.

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