Christmas Card - 2009

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Originally uploaded by spolay

How many pictures does it take to get one Christmas-card-worthy photo of three rambunctious boys? Dozens, and sometimes it requires more than one shoot.

This year, though, we got lucky on the first try. Brandy captured this photo during the only purposeful Christmas card shoot we attempted. It was similar in motif to one we used a few years ago, so we decided an every-other-year, brothers-walking-near-the-shore tradition should be born.

I was on vacation the week this was taken, so I rode my bike to Cataumet while Brandy drove the boys by car to meet up for a letterboxing adventure at the Red Brook Harbor Road conservation area. The intent was to meet at Twin Acres for ice cream (photos at the end of this set, along with some other pretty funny outtakes) on the way back, but I got there just as they had finished. It's just as well. I really didn't need the ice cream.

More current, Christmas-like photos have also been snapped. Happy Holidays to all!