Christmas Card Sneak Peek

Well I did it! I wasn't sure if I was gonna get any cards out this year with all my projects I'm trying to get done but I thought I'd put some kinda effort into it. So I gathered the kids up, threw some pjs on them and we went to take some pictures. I had this vision of them in new pjs in front of a fireplace...well our fireplace is not very photogenic, the pjs are suppose to be Christmas Eve presents but what the heck! I pulled out the pjs and said here is one of your presents now lets go take some pics!
I explained to the kids my plan.
Me: "I want to take pictures in front of a nice, decked out(decorated) fireplace. So we are heading to the model homes near by!"
The kids looked at me crazy and asked "are we allowed to do that"?
Me: "we'll find out"!

When we got there the models weren't open yet. So we used the surrounding fence to start with our photo shoot. Here are some of those pics.




We finally got in to the homes after the agent wondered if she would get fired for letting us in to do photos. When we entered the homes I found that the newer homes have gas fireplaces that are in the wall. Not much of what I was hoping for and no Christmas decorations!
Well we were already here and the lighting was great so here is a pic from a model home.


Then we headed off to a nearby hotel that was so kind to let us do some photos in front of their burning fireplace. By this time I already knew that i had my photo. I was just hoping that I could still get my fireplace photo. Here is a photo from the hotel.


I think the kids had fun driving around town taking pictures...
adventure + photos = Christmas cards!