Thursday, December 30, 2010

A Christmas photo shoot with the Slades...


1.  Kristi to Matt, "Now Matt, move your foot over here just a bit more.  Not quite.  Okay, good.  Don't move.
Davis and Cooper get direction from Dad, "You stand over here.  No, not there.  Here.  No, here.  There.  That's good."

2.  Cooper points to anyone near him to blame the funny smell on.
Megan searches for the guilty face too.
  Maggie is begging between clenched teeth, "Could you just take the picture already!!"
Matt, "I agree with Maggie."

3.  Kristi has turned her back on the whole idea of this working.
Maddison decides she needs a licorice break.
Dave wonders "why do we do this??"
Maggie and Matt are still begging to take the blasted picture already!!
Brent just gives up and walks off set.

4.  Megan, "Oh she's ready???  Okay, here we go!  CHEESE!"
Kristi to Maddison, "Come on! Get that licorice out of your mouth and squeeze on in here."
Maggie, "I've been smiling the whole time!"

5.  Megan, "MOM!  Matt has me in a headlock!"
Maggie, "Now Matt.  Let's not put people in headlocks."
Brent leans in to the boys and whispers, "As soon as we get this picture we are outta here!"
Kristi, "Oh! I think I felt the baby kick!"
Dave still wonders "why do we do this??"

6.  Okay everyone say "Merry Christmas!"

7.  Now squeeze together and pretend like we love each other!!

Thank you Slade family for calling us your own.
And we do love you ~ very much.


As for the Brown house...
Amid the tangle of ribbons, bows, wrapping paper, bags, boxes and Santa string, we had a wonderful Christmas celebration.
Most of all, I feel so grateful that we know WHY we celebrate this blessed day.

1 comment:

Rachel said...

gorgeous picture of a sneak into your Christmas. How was Disneyland?