Family Photos

We had our family photos taken on Friday. Though the picture above was taken last weekend by Jason's mom, on Friday we met for our annual hour with the photographer who has been taking pictures of us since Jemma was a baby. She's a lovely woman - a mom, our neighbor, and a really talented, kind, understanding photographer who has always done a fantastic job. But it was tedious. It was a train wreck, really, because I made the appointment for 5:30 (when the light would be best, apparently), and because I made the appointment weeks ago, before Annie started school, I didn't anticipate that Annie would attend the photo shoot with the coping skills of a two-year-old.

So it will be a miracle if any picture of all four of us ends up looking decent enough to make the Christmas card, though if none of them are worthy, we could always use the one above, which I like well enough, or the one below, which Jemma drew on Thursday and which I think is pretty adorable.