Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Behind the Scenes at the Christmas Card Photo Shoot



You know those perfectly posed photo Christmas cards we all look forward to sending out to all our family and friends...every family member is in perfectly pressed coordinated outfits…the little ones are sitting up straight smiling sweetly at the camera…mama & daddy are content and relaxed.

They are SO a figment of the imagination…or at least I HOPE they are.

The story of our photo is this:  Me running around Thanksgiving morning finding articles of clothing that had a bit of green in them.  Loading the car with kids and food for Thanksgiving dinner at Meme & Pop Pops house.  Getting the kids a snack and then hurriedly getting the kids posed for the Christmas card photo before they broke down because it was really nap time.  Getting outside and realizing not everyone had green in their clothing and worrying for about 2 seconds that perhaps I am color blind.  Meme snapped away for about 5 minutes as twins are deciding they don’t care one bit about said Christmas card photo.  We decide to take whatever we got and scoop up the winey and tired kiddos only to discover Elijah pooped through his jeans onto daddy.  Elijah gets changed and 3 littlest are put down for a nap while daddy begrudgingly wears a pair of Pop Pop’s jeans while his and Elijah’s are in the wash.

And in case you are wondering…the whole point of getting the Christmas card shot on Thanksgiving is being able to use the $5 off coupon for the Christmas card package at Costco before it expires.

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving and are getting excited for the Christmas season approaching us!

13 comments:

  1. Love it! I have been there many times!

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  2. Yay for getting an awesome deal! AND hello! It turned out so so so awesome!! You look stunning! And seriously, I could eat your babies up! Love you! Have a great day!

    Kristine from The Foley Fam {unedited} Blog

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  3. haha that certainly is the point! love it!

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  4. Motherhood : the best reality show on the planet ! I'm smiling through your photo-shoot story. Kids always make everything a lot of fun AND a lot of work at the same time. Haha.I admire you and your bunch Kelly. God has definitely given you the grace for it. Wishing you a beautiful Tuesday ! -Gertrude @ A Chosen Remnant.

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  5. So cute. and REAL. Those children in those perfectly posed photos are robots! ;)

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  6. YES, I so understand. I think I write about Christmas cards every year. Cuz they're crazy. It looks great, friend :)
    blessings,
    lauren
    mercyinkblog.com

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  7. New Follower here! This is so funny as my whole family just took pics too and my brother has twin boys and they were not having it. Oh well, they still look cute.

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  8. hahaha! i love it. i totally know how that is... did you see the one on my about me page?? and wesley wasn't even there, but it still turned out hilarious..ppl kept telling us to use it as a christmas card and photoshop wes in =) love your beautiful family, thats the fun of what families are all about =)

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  9. Sounds about right my friend. Sounds like my family.. times two. I wish you had pictures of your hubby wearing pop pops jeans. ;)

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  10. The one benefit of moving in December is that I have a real great excuse for not sending Christmas cards this year, LOL! But, we've been there! I'm pretty happy as long as the adults look good b/c everyone is so forgiving of how the kids look, right?

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  11. Oh but you all look so darn cute. I love the twins in this. Cracking me right up. And you look beautiful. Way to go getting that coupon girl! GO girl power!

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  12. too funny. We need to do a family pic of our own... my kids will be goofy and I'll ultimately choose a photo where we're all making faces. ;)

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  13. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! this is perfect. we would SO be trying RIGHT at nap time to HURRY UP AND GET A PICTURE so that we could take advantage of a coupon, LOLOL!

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