The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Yes, the most wonderful time of the year came again this year, the much dreaded anticipated Virtual Christmas Card Picture...

only this year, the kids actually behaved better than the dogs!!!

Go figure!! 

And while I am still not totally satisfied with the results...

at least no one was injured in the process - Charlie!!...

there were no tears - Charlie!!...

from the kids or me...

no electronics had to be threatened - Caleb!!... 

and Hubby never had to raise his voice!

shocker!!

And ya know what...

I missed it!

I missed it all!

I missed the tears and the tantrums and the injuries - Charlie!

and the deep Daddy voice...

OK maybe not that one!

*grin*

I missed it all because my kids are not acting like kids anymore...

They are growing up and acting all mature and stuff!

Harumpf!

I don't have any excuses for the dogs!

Unless they were just trying to make me feel better!

Yep, this crazy Christmas picture thing started with our very first Christmas as an engaged couple in 1995 when all we had were doggies!

Never could we have imagined what the Lord had in store for our lives and good thing cause we likely would have said...

"Yeah, thanks but NO thanks!"

But He knew that we needed time...

LOTS of time!

LOTS and LOTS of time!

*grin*

Through the years, as our family grew and the Christmas picture got harder and more exasperating, it sort of became a part of the whole Christmas picture tradition....

how dare the kids mess with my Christmas picture tradition and actually behave - hehe!

Oh well, there's always next year and the hope of better out-takes!

Merry Christmas and Happy 2019 and yes, the doggies were back on the sofa in no time...

I mean how could you stay mad at that face!!!