{"id":3364,"date":"2016-12-31T07:05:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T07:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrscaseyann.com\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2024-08-14T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T16:52:55","slug":"to-holiday-card-or-not-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/?p=3364","title":{"rendered":"Christmastime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3360\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/img_2013.jpg\" alt=\"img_2013\" width=\"958\" height=\"638\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been remarkably bad at yearly holiday cards. I trailed off after our first year of marriage, when I burned myself out on wedding invites, thank you&#8217;s\u00a0and of course, the beloved Christmas card. The timing of our wedding thank you&#8217;s in conjunction with the Christmas send out was unnecessarily stressful to say the least! I am in awe of families who have a professional shoot, followed up by a beautiful photo cards mass mailing. You, my friends, are on another level and I salute you.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3361\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/img_2014.jpg\" alt=\"img_2014\" width=\"941\" height=\"627\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3362\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/img_2015.jpg\" alt=\"img_2015\" width=\"1067\" height=\"711\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3359\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/img_2012.jpg\" alt=\"img_2012\" width=\"1013\" height=\"675\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3363\" src=\"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/img_20171.jpg\" alt=\"img_2017\" width=\"856\" height=\"570\" \/>So this year, I took a few minutes to put the kids in their only clean &#8220;dress up&#8221; clothes at the time and run outside with a blanket and my camera. I was laid out flat on the grass, using an inner tube to prop me if I needed some height. Luke was joining me in yelling at our dog, Maverick, to keep away from Kate. Then at one point, we weren&#8217;t sure if I&#8217;d rubbed my arm in dog poop. And if those things weren&#8217;t fun enough, trying to get a candid smile out of Luke these days is hilarious, if you find shouting the same thing thirty different ways, thirty times in a row, funny. I think it&#8217;s actually the definition of insanity.<\/p>\n<p>Then. When we made it inside and could look at a few shots, I noticed my lens had a smudge. Funnnnnn! All things aside, I do like these imperfect pics of our kiddos. It totally captures them, smudges and poop and all! Sooo .. merry Christmas cards to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been remarkably bad at yearly holiday cards. I trailed off after our first year of marriage, when I burned myself out on wedding invites, thank you&#8217;s\u00a0and of course, the beloved Christmas card. The timing of our wedding thank you&#8217;s in conjunction with the Christmas send out was unnecessarily stressful to say the least! 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