Outtakes.

This past Sunday in a moment of panic about our lack of Christmas card options I texted our old babysitter Rachel {still a family fave!} and asked if she'd meet us with her fancy Nikon camera and try to get a good enough family picture for us.

She did and oh man did she ever deliver.
Below are the outtakes, the ones that didn't quite make my Christmas card cut. The one that did will be kept under wraps until the cards hit the mail.

{This was our attempt at a jumping picture. Obviously, we need assistance with timing.}

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Tomorrow is Thursday and my tradition for Thursdays in November the last couple years has been Thankful Thursday. I'm planning on doing it again  and even getting my kids to participate this year because we have much to be thankful for. If I can figure out how to do a linky sort of thing, I will, otherwise as always you can leave your list of thankfulness in the comments.

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Other links to peruse:

Are you sick of Halloween candy yet? I am, I say as I chew on some Milk Duds. Here's my list of ideas/ways to get rid of it. One way I didn't add to the story but helps us: today I dropped off ALL of T and M's candy at their mom's house with all their stuff for the week.

Ever wondered why/when H got glasses? I wrote a little bit about that and also children's eye health over on Patch today. He goes in for another eye appointment on Friday morning and I am anxious to see how he's doing.

Tiny Prints is giving away FREE Thanksgiving cards today {Wednesday} ONLY. Go get yours over here and use promo code: FREETHX11. Who in your life could use a little mail pick me up this month?

Finally, I will post about my dear cousins wedding by the end of the week. Just uploading pictures now. Wish I had about 200 more.