Family Foto Fiasco

OK so we tried to do it on our own--big mistake. Next year we'll need to get a professional, but this year our time was limited (10 days to finals). Of course Raegan woke up at 5:45 that morning and would not take a nap. Her hair looked PERFECT (thank you Jackie for the do and the headband) but her attitude was much less than perfect. After taking about ten vertical pictures I realized that last year my options were also limited because the card choices I liked were not vertical ones. But Raegan was all "pictured" out, and it was like pulling teeth to get the one we got. Actually I wanted to pull my teeth out (ok, her teeth) when it was all over. I got to thinking, "Is all of this effort and stress really worth it? When did we adopt this tradition? We never sent Christmas photos when I was little. My dad always wrote a hilarious poem that summed up our year." Maybe I ought to do that. . .

This is the one we are going to use. I thought it turned out ok in spite of everything.