Day 23: Family Picture

Since we have had kids, we always get a family picture at Christmas.  We usually go to a portrait place like JC Penney's or Portrait Innovations.  I like it because I know at least once a year, we'll have a family picture with ALL of us in it.  Also, we usually give a copy of this picture to both sets of grandparents as a gift.  Back at the beginning, we gave them an 8 x 10 picture and each Christmas, we give them an updated version.

That's why our advent activity for today is getting a family picture.  It was surprisingly not crowded at the photo studio.  It may be that everyone else took care of this weeks ago, but whatever.  Better late than never.  And our kids are pretty use to getting this picture.  I did however come armed with fruit snacks, juice boxes, and a promise of fast food for them on the way home (we were going to have an adults only dinner after the kids were in bed since it was filet & lobster). 

This was by far the best shot of our family of 6.  You might not think its amazing, but if you had seen the many, many bad ones where kid took turns ruining them by running out of the picture, crying, or putting their hands in front of their face, you'd be amazed.

We also had Grandma Mary & Pa Lynn hop in for a picture with the boys.  They aren't usually with us when we get the picture done, so it was a treat to get one of them all together.