although it's been said many times, many ways

we had our annual family christmas card photo shoot in the old town part of san dimas.  it's western-themed - small, quaint, rustic.  and it turns out that our photographer works for one of my former employers - such a small world.

it was a pretty chilly morning when we set out to pose and smile and strut our stuff.  but it was a beautiful day, and we managed to get some nice photos.  as always, we had a great time in front of the camera.

i was stoked when danielle sent us a link to our online gallery just hours after we'd wrapped the shoot (you like my hollywood-style lingo, huh).  the hub, the teen and i inspected each shot and chose our final shots, and the moment the CD arrived in the mail i was working on our christmas card.

out of the two cards i did, i actually prefer this one - but majority ruled, so the one that went to print was a different photo and design.  and since i don't know all of your addresses, this is from us to you:

hope santa brings you everything you wished for!