Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 was a great opportunity to get a family picture taken. It had been 3 1/2 years since we had done one. I will spare you the ones where Phil and I are frowning or have our eyes closed. We used to think it was hard to get 8 little ones to cooperate, but now we see that even getting older ones to all smile at the same time is a challenge. Amy and Julie blogged about the rest of our holiday celebration and do it so well. Needless to say spending time with family is always the highlight of our week.


The directions for this was for everyone to look at the little guy! Love the shot of love and caring. It was Andrew's year to be the center of attention since he had been baptised two days before and was the reason that we all could be together.


This was the pose from oldest to youngest. They are all growing up way too fast! The line-up is Zack, Tyler, Nicole, Emma, Leah, Becca, Brooke and Andrew.

Our awesome grandkids!

How could we not pick this picture? Zack made it easy to find out takes.

Actually this was the preferred shot for the whole family.