(Note: All pictures may be enlarged by clicking on them once or twice.)
On our first Christmas after we got married, Betsy and I took some pictures which we used in Christmas cards the following Christmas. That led to our habit of taking ‘formal’ pictures each Christmas morning.
Our routine is to set up the tripod, get dressed in nice clothes, and take many pictures, hoping that at least one is a ‘keeper’.
The whole process can take a fair amount of time, which can lead to some silly pictures as well as good ones.
Santa gave me a post-Christmas present of a neat collage maker. The collage in this post is my first attempt to make a collage from scratch.
Tags: American Life, Betsy, Christmas
Senior Moments 
January 9, 2013 at 3:56 am |
YOU DID GOOD! I love them all!
January 9, 2013 at 7:24 am |
Great! I would have difficulty getting John to dress up in nice clothes!!!!! ha
January 9, 2013 at 9:00 am |
fun taking the pics and fun making the collage, what a great gift…
January 9, 2013 at 10:59 am |
Great collage. Beautiful done.
John is very handsome … haha
Sends greetings to Betsy and for you!!!
Lucia
January 9, 2013 at 11:54 am |
What a great collage and how fun!! A great gift indeed! Hope your week is going well! Enjoy!
January 9, 2013 at 3:05 pm |
Fun pictures are just that ‘fun’.These are all great.You did a good job of making the collage.
January 9, 2013 at 3:51 pm |
Excellent! You both seem to really enjoy each and every day together!
Linda
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January 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm |
What a lovely Christmas collage the two of you make. : )
January 9, 2013 at 5:07 pm |
Aw–silliness is always best. Nice collage. MB
January 9, 2013 at 5:13 pm |
Those are so cute! My hubby and I used to do the same thing, only on Christmas Eve. Mostly we never got anything we could use on a card, but it’s fun to look back at all those photos now. Never thought about making a collage out of them, but I might play around with that just for fun.
Happy New Year to you and Betsy!
~ Joy @ Joysweb
January 9, 2013 at 6:40 pm |
Your tripod gets some good workouts. 🙂 The photos are all nice, even the silly ones, and will be treasures in the years ahead.
January 9, 2013 at 6:45 pm |
Of course I had to enlarge this one to see ALL your silliness! SO cool! How much better than staid and posed boring photos!!
January 10, 2013 at 9:39 am |
Your collage is lovely because it’s always good to see smiling faces exuding happiness and contentment. The programme was a good present.
January 10, 2013 at 10:04 am |
What fun and lovely shots!
January 10, 2013 at 10:34 am |
It’s good to be silly sometimes. 🙂
Nice work on the collage. I’ve been using PicMonkey to make mine. You know I never thought of buying a program for my own.
January 10, 2013 at 2:39 pm |
Good photos. good friends, a loving and great love.
January 10, 2013 at 6:57 pm |
It is a nice-looking collage. The photographs are very nice!
January 10, 2013 at 7:48 pm |
That is a cute AND silly collage! I imagine there were a lot of laughs during this photo session.
January 11, 2013 at 1:34 am |
That’s great indeed. I love the quilt at background!
January 12, 2013 at 7:30 am |
That is a great collage. It’s always fun to be silly and I don’t even have to act. 🙂
January 13, 2013 at 5:54 pm |
I so enjoyed your photos! You and Betsy always bring a smile to my face!