The Annual Family Pix

Okay, so G'ma Jenny is OBNOXIOUS about pictures, especially family pictures that she wants to use in our annual Christmas Letter! Since the family was all together for Thanksgiving, everyone tried their best to humor G'ma about taking a picture. Last year we made a life-sized photo cut out of Ty so he could be included while he's serving in Brazil. This year Brother Ben had to work, but he tried his best to get home in time for a group picture. Unfortunately, Ben got caught in crazy traffic and missed the photo shoot by about 30 minutes. So here is the BEFORE picture:

When Ben finally got home, we had him stand in the empty spot we had left for him and we took his picture. The plan was for Jill to "photo shop" him in later. She ended up photo shopping Ty in, too, because he looked a bit washed out with the flash bouncing off of him. So here is the AFTER:

Honestly, you wouldn't know they were photo shopped in unless I just told you, would you?! It made G'ma happy anyway. Yes, she does realize that she will eventually have to give up on the whole family group picture some day because we are getting rather numerous and spread out all over the USA, but today is not that day! Sister Jill has some "AWESOME" photoshop skills!