Christmas Cards

There was a Christmas photoshoot. It included a shiny red chair that Dave painted especially for this reason. It was a gorgeous day ... perfect sun & warm. Caeden was actually OK with me snapping his picture and Claire was good natured as usual.

I still broke-out in a sweat, knowing I'd have 5 minutes to capture what I needed.

The pictures turned out adorable and I knew I had more than a couple of keepers for our Christmas card. However, once I realized Claire had fractured her arm in 2 places because of it, I haven't looked at the pictures since my inital download off my camera. It makes me sick, actually.

So, this year, I was going to skip it. Skip sending cards ... who would really miss it as I post almost daily here anyway?

And then I got Melissa Lanes' family card in the mail yesterday. Seeing her sweet family's photo and card (the first of the season) was so much fun. And then I immediately realized I still needed to send a card. Holiday mail is very much apart of what makes the holidays ... the holidays.

If you have not received a Christmas card for me before, it is most likely I do not have your address. Please email me at valkoop@mac.com to be put on the official Christmas list, because after all, broken arm or no, the holidays must go on.