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When most people see or hear the number “twenty-five” just before or during the month of December, they think, “days until Christmas,” or “Christmas Day.”
Erase that thought.
Instead, think “twenty-five photos to choose from. And they’re of THE FOUR.”
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, the time has come again to design Christmas cards. My absolute favorite [...]

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It’s always some kind of party when we get a box from Maddog and Gran. Today it was a jammie party, as we received a boxful of new jammies for everyone.
As you can see from the photos, my new camera isn’t quite the miracle I was hoping for. Don’t get me wrong — it’s [...]

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If you could see my computer, this is what you’d see (I have it as my desktop background):

I have to say, it’s my favorite Halloween picture. (And yes, I’m still feeling sentimental about his walking running.)

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Yesterday was a kick a** day. No other way to say it.

I didn’t kill the kids and the kids didn’t kill me (or my parents, who threw caution to the wind and came to visit).
I signed up a new Uppercase [...]

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…that “gonga” means “chimney” in Spanish? (Neither do any Spanish speakers.)
This afternoon while were were playing outside, Luke kept saying something that I just could not understand. So, I asked Maria what he was saying.
“He’s saying gonga!”
“Gonga?” I asked. “What does that mean?”
“It means… chimney in Spanish,” she says. ?!?!
A [...]

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It’s supposed to be, “Say Cheese!” But by the time those words are out of my mouth, my Four In A Row are out of alignment.
There’s no way to get all four in the same picture, at the same time, all looking toward the camera, much less faking a smile of some sort. [...]

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Picture Day at the Hemmersmeier Household, September 2007
To the tune of “Then He Kissed Me” by The Crystals (You can click here to get the tune going in your head):

Crystals - Then He…

Now, replace first round of lyrics with these:
Well she woke up this morning
And I told her that she needed to dress
Photos would be [...]

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the other day i opened our front door to see that our family photos (taken at the church, remember?) had finally arrived. i nervously opened the package and discovered, pleasantly, that the photo of our family was actually pretty good! i was excited and couldn’t wait to show dan. he, too, was impressed. i set [...]

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so. now i know why there are no professional photos of my family when i was growing up. i also now know why the parish only attempts to publish a family photo directory once every 10 or 15 years.
6:15 p.m. isn’t the best time for us as a family. in fact, it’s a pretty sh*tty [...]

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