That is a very late greeting, but it is sincere all the same. Here is the best picture of all the kids that I could get. You know, I think it may not be worth trying to get a group photo of a bunch of little kids. I have received a couple of Christmas cards with a collage of pictures, one for each kid. That must be the way to go. In order to get this picture, we all had to endure much un-holiday-like suffering. It does not work to yell at people in order to get them to look happy. We finally got out the baby's high chair and strapped her into it so that we could get this picture. I have two hundred seventy nine pictures of her trying to slip out of someone's lap, pull someone's hair, yell about the tribulations of her life, and eat her toes. For any of you budding photographers out there, I strongly suggest using some type of non-painful binding for the youngest children. (I still could not stop her from pulling the clip out of her hair, which is why she looks a little like Michael J. Fox in this picture.)
Here is a short video that captures the general sense of purpose we were operating under during the photo shoot. I did not mean to have it come out sideways, but perhaps that enhances the point I am trying to make.
