The Christmas Picture

After I threatened everyone they'd better dress nicely for our once yearly family portrait, it took about 30 attempts to reach a satisfactory picture. Honestly, I'd have rather kept trying, but Jordan just couldn't handle anymore.

So, we got Dad to put on a collar shirt and tie, Janina to brush her hair..they were the first ones on the couch, and no, Thomas is not part of our family, though Jordan thinks he is.

Ok, so, Juli made it to the couch, and she tried to grab Jordan as he whizzed by...

Ahhh, Jason, took a few severe words from Mom, but he finally put on his tux shirt, vest and tie, and boy did he look awesome!

I dashed in real quick for the photo...too quickly by the blur..

And finally, some sort of decent photo, everyone smiling, looking at the camera, in focus, except Dad, can't figure out what he was thinking. So, this wasn't the final, we had a few more takes, but this one was close!