Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Cousin Photo Shoot

Grandma Day requested pictures of the grandkids for Christmas....a simple enough request...unless you are trying to get 9 children, ages 1-11, to all look forward and smile at the same time...plus trying to organize schedules and nap times and everything else! We talked about going to a photo studio, but then decided to meet at the church and do it ourselves. 253 pictures, several hours, snacks and bribes later this is what we came up with....(no studio would have worked with us for four hours and let the children run wild between photos!)
Savannah was NOT going to keep her bow in!
Still early in the photo shoot, all children smiling and looking forward...
Here are the girl cousins...Catherine, Ashley, Lauren, Eleanor and Savannah....

The boy cousins...Xander, Garrett, Zorig and Bouveii...
A cute shot of my princess.....
And the princess in training....
Love those eyes!
Xander....

And one of my favorites of Garrett.....
This is how most of the pictures turned out.....
But, we were able to pull off quite a few darling ones....


Eleanor, Zorig and Lauren
Garrett and Ashley
Another one of my favorites....Xander and Catherine with their flutes...
And Garrett with his cello....
Afterwards we celebrated with a trip to Chipotle for dinner and then popcorn and Kung Fu Panda video at our house while we edited the photos. It was a great day to spend with cousins!
I'm pretty sure Grandma Charlotte is going to LOVE her Christmas present!

2 comments:

Cothran Family said...

Wow, good pictures Jenna! They are so great. How could a Grandma not love those?!!! Now for the Johnson side... do you think we could get all... I can't count! Merry Christmas!

Chuckleheads said...

These are beautiful! Charlotte will love them.