Family Pictures...Enough Said

Last Friday night we got the kids all dolled up and met our friend Allison out at White Rock in an attempt to capture the perfect picture of our little family.  The kids looked adorable in their red outfits and we had the candy ready for bribes.  We were going to meet her around 5 which meant we needed to leave our house a little after 4.  Of course, this is the day that Gaitley needed to take a really long nap and we had to wake her up in order to make it on time.  Well, she never got in a good mood and pretty much cried the entire time we were taking pictures.  It was a disaster!  She didn't want to walk and wouldn't get down and had red, watery eyes in all our pictures.  In the few that she was smiling, Garrett wasn't or Gracyn was not happy.  We left the photo shoot and felt completely exhausted.  Poor Allison!  I do think we got one good shot out of the 300 she took.  I guess one is all you need though.

Now it is time for the fun part; picking out the perfect Christmas card.  It is fun but also so hard.  There are so many beautiful cards.  One of my favorite places to look is on Shutterfly.  I absolutely love their Christmas cards.  I have ordered from this site in the past and have been very pleased.  They have such a variety of cards to choose from and you can always make yours unique by picking out the number of pictures you want on your card.  I love this because it is a lot easier to get a one good picture of each child than one good picture of the entire family together. I am pretty sure I will be buying a card with enough spots for one picture of each child.  The quality is great and the delivery is always speedy.  Here are a few of my favorites this year.

 With Love Chartreuse Christmas Card

Faith Hope Family Religious Christmas Card

Elegant Cranberry Damask

I am always looking for a deal and if you are too you might be interested in this.  Shutterfly is offering a deal this holiday season.  If you have a blog, Shutterfly is offering bloggers an opportunity to earn 50 free cards just for blogging about their site.  Just go to this link:  http://blog.shutterfly.com/5358/holiday2010-blog-submission-form/