The beginnings of this year's Christmas card...

Getting the kids together to take some photos seems to always goes something like this:

"Get over here, get over here, get ooooooooooover heeeeeeeeeeeere!" Sit down, sit down, damn it all of you sit down!" "Do you want Santa to bring you gifts for Christmas? - yes - then sit your butts down and smile! Smile I said not look goofy. Stop it! Stop touching her! No no no don't close your eyes. Get back over here. Just sit down and....Can't you people just sit your asses down for two seconds and take one nice picture for our Christmas cards!!! For goodness sakes you'd think I was asking you all to cut off your right arm!" Now everybody just look up here and smile! Smile damn it smile!!!

Okay everybody say "Merry Christmas"

Oh the irony!! Thank goodness this wasn't recorded on video. Or maybe on second thought that would have been nice to have...for a good laugh down the road! Every year those Christmas cards I send out are a heck of a lot more trouble to pull off than anyone realizes...

We have FUN though don't we? I love my kiddos!