Announcing....

This was fun. I set my camera on Gabe's school desk, set the auto timer, focused, pushed the shutter release button and RAN to get into my place with my family. The children thought that it slightly amusing seeing mom have to run and jump in place to get in the picture. Hee-hee. Here's the best of the 4 or 5 I took of all of us. I wish Alek wasn't so slouchy and Gabe was smiling and some chins were down and I know you can hardly see Ceph, but oh well. It's going to have to do: You may be receiving this picture along with your Christmas card. Can you read it? If not, it says: Bun in the Oven (for best results) -Hand of God             -Husband and Wife Preheat oven to 98.6 degrees. Mix in lots of prayer, rest and good nutrition. Let bake for 9 months. Remove from oven around July 3rd and enjoy for a lifetime! Yield: half a dozen (yield may vary) I put "for best results" because as you know, you don't HAVE to have a husband and wife to have a child. So here are the rest: And then Josiah thought he'd entertain his siblings with his fabulous "go to sleep while taking Christmas pictures" trick: I had to perform Photoshop head swapping surgery on someone not looking at the camera in this picture. Can you tell who? The pyramid/Christmas tree picture I imagined did not turn out. It appears that Josiah is afraid of heights and Alek is not quite as strong as his younger brother, Gabe, which is why the lighter, younger sister is on his shoulders instead of Gabe's. Not at all exciting. But I LOVE HIS LIPS! (now picture Larry singing the lips song) This was Kenton's idea & I loved it! He was trying to make them into a star. I just need to be about 3 feet taller to get them all in the picture while standing on the chair (or maybe I should've just let Kenton take it....). Got milk? Cookies for Santa... but since they don't believe in Santa and they do believe mom when she says they can eat the cookies after just a few shots, they were getting a bit anxious. They've got the go ahead! And they're off! How many can I shove in my face at a time?!?!!? Sorry, Santa. The children ate your cookies. But not this one, oh no. She's *completely* innocent! She's an angel! Never does *anything* wrong! That's all there is, there isn't- anymore.