We’ve all been some kind of sick for weeks, but finally this evening we decided to try and get a picture taken for our Christmas cards.  It was a bit of an ordeal.

I forgot to turn off my invisibility field. Nobody’s particularly happy about that.

I’m trying to get Connor to look at the camera. And making an idiot out of myself in the process.

I’m snapping. It isn’t working.

This one actually may be my favorite. It’s certainly the one where we all look the happiest. But both Shannon and I have our eyes closed.

This is another good one, but we needed 4×6 wide for the cards. I had to crop it pretty severly to get it like this anyway (the full picture is *way* off-center; two-thirds of the frame is to the left of Shannon).

Again with the eyes closed. Shannon does this a lot. Also it’s not particularly flattering to anybody involved.

If you want to see the final photo, you’ll have to wait for the card. (Or, if you must spoil the surprise, you can follow this link).