We Really Did Try

Tonight we attempted to take a family photo for our Christmas card. Usually by the 7th of December, I have not only ordered my Christmas cards, but I have already started sending them out! I am a bit behind this year. My sister is visiting us for a few more days so we thought we would take advantage of having someone to take the photo that is not in the photo; you know what I mean the whole one hand out, not sure what will actually be in the picture.
Even with the advantage of having my sister here, we had a much bigger problem. We have a wiggly two-year-old. We probably took about 20 photos, none of which are "picture perfect." But, we finally gave up and decided on one that D was actually sort-of looking at the camera and all of us had our eyes open. Here are some of the photos that didn't make the cut. You will have to wait for the Christmas card to see the one we chose.