Due to a schedule conflict this year, we were unable to get family pictures for Christmas. Some coworkers and I were talking about Christmas pictures when one of them told me that her husband was playing Santa. A friend of hers has a photography studio and she was doing pictures with Santa for only $25.

After talking with my wife, we decided to have the kids go there and get their picture taken with Santa. Her friend took a lot of pictures and from your session, you get 5 photos. This sounded perfect, as I needed it to be quick. Our kids don’t stay put for long!

I snuck this one on my phone as they set up for their shoot. I can’t wait to see how the rest came out.

The studio was in one of the smaller towns about 30 minutes away from us. It was a bit chilly and after our pictures were done, we decided to walk over to this little store that had baked goods and coffee. The kids got hot chocolate and I grabbed a coffee. There was a patio with a fire table outside and the kids wanted to drink their hot chocolate there.

It was so funny because as we were sitting there outside, my coworker pulled up to the stoplight right across from us. We both looked at each other for a second before we realized who we were looking at and laughed.

Later that day, a package arrived at the house. My wife had ordered a coffee table. She asked if I would put it together for her. Andrew and I worked together and assembled it. It was a fairly easy job and Andrew loves to help. It didn’t take long for Mabel to make herself at home with it.

8 more days until Christmas…..