our holiday portrait

We're now moved in and I'm starting to feel a bit better. I'm really trying to get back into the regular swing of things, which includes writing and sharing photos on a regular basis. I've missed it so much. I'm sure things will go back out the window since my parents and brother will be arriving on Christmas day and I will then have 6,000(,000) photos to fish through after the new year. But for now, I can try to get back into my comfy old life.

As requested on Shutter Sisters today, our family portrait (which I'm sure won't go out in time for New Year's, even. Oh well.):

We took it in front of the fire place because the rest of the house was covered in boxes and there was no tree. I propped the camera up on the couch since I can't find my tripod foot, and every time I sat down to focus the camera, when I stood back up, the cushions shifted. I also don't have a remote trigger, so I set it on Time Elapse for like 3 shots every 5 seconds. Bella thought the clicking was waaaay more interesting than the rest of us and did not want to stay put.

And thus, the following is my favorite of the whole series. Don't even ask how we'll manage two kids in one photo next year. I suppose we'll do a collage.