Christmas Card Outtakes

Since we got Lilo, we have wanted to make sure that she was included in our family Christmas cards.  Last year we were blessed to have our wonderful friend and photographer Erin take our photo.  This year, however, we were on our own in England.  We had to rely on a time-delayed continuous shot and hope for a decent picture with all of us looking into a camera.  It definitely was NOT easy working with a dog - we can't even imagine what it will be like when we are trying to get a card with a dog AND kids!!!  Here is the picture we ended up with:

We thought it would be funny to show you the outtakes though and the chaos that ensued as we tried to get our perfect Christmas card photo.  Every time I hit the button for the time-delay and ran over to where Brian and Lilo were, Lilo wanted to turn around and not face the camera.  *sigh*  The initial idea was to get a shot of us with a London red telephone booth, but we ended up having to kneel down to keep Lilo in the shot.  Oh well, at least we have a funny story!  Hope you enjoy!  =)