I never realized that
sending Christmas greetings could be so fun! In the end, it isn't much, a picture
of our family with less than a dozen words of well wishing, but it’s the opportunity
for creativity that gets my wheels spinning. Especially in this age of
photoshop-ed masterpieces, the skies are the limit as to what absurd posses I
can place my family in, and all, none-the-less with perfect smiles.
So yes, mom, the truth be
told, our Christmas Greetings sent this year, was in fact a farce as usual.
But, your straight-faced email did get Andrea's goat, when after reading:
“We
got your Christmas card. Actually, Derek (that is, my older brother) got
his before we did, so we saw it there over the weekend first. We got ours
just yesterday. So darn cute!!!!!!! Very creative!!! And
good pictures of everyone. Derek thought you photo shopped it, but it is
obvious that it is the real thing. We were very impressed with how strong
Lumi has gotten. Nice that you got to revisit Kili again too.”
...she said to me, “I can't
tell if you mom is joking or serious.” Hee hee…good one!
No the photo was not
taken in Tanzania, instead we built our “mountain” on the nice green grass of
our good friend's backyard lawn.
And no, Lumi is not the world's
strongest and most well balanced 9-month-old baby, rather her flawless pose was
achieved with a little bit of help.
And of course, Lumi's
proclamation of Jesus' birth, wouldn't quite have the force it needed without a
clenched fist to drive home her point. So we simply lopped off her original hand an replaced with with another.
Getting her on top of the
mountain was no balancing act, indeed. Rather just a simple cut and paste.
I brought Kilimanjaro right
into Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!
Lastly, adding our message
and walah, we head to the printers.
For those of you who
received it, we hope you enjoyed our Christmas card again this year. We
appreciate your love and support! For those who aren't on our Christmas card
list but would like to be, just shoot me an email and we'll add you for next
year.
2014 - The Sweetness of God's Love
2013 - Birthday Party for Jesus
2012 - Family Pic - (Where's Waldo Style)
2011 - Rudolf Competition
2010 - Unto Us A Son Is Given
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