Christmas Photos: Take 1

It is time for our annual Christmas photo. With five young children it’ll be a miracle if we get a great shot. Our first try produced some cute shots, but not THE SHOT. Lincoln wasn't at his best because our shoot was just before his bedtime, so he was tired and not his usual smiley self. We definitely have to do another shoot when he is not handi-capped. Here's the best photos from Take 1:

Not a great photo, but not a terrible one either. 

This photo is quite good!

Another good photo, but we are missing three children.

Now we are only missing two children! 

Isn't the trio cute?!

A different threesome looking mighty fine--we cropped out the other two.

 I asked Viva to get me a candy cane to bribe Lincoln with. She grabbed sour apple. 

Lincoln's Santa hat looks like a sailor's hat.

The middle three are still looking good, but the outside pair are drawing our attention to them individually trashing the group photo look. It's a funny photo!

This photo was almost THE ONE with four out of five looking good. The problem is that Viva is sitting forward and looks much larger than the boys who are slumped back to accommodate Evan.

Viva's now in line with Jake and Bentley, but Lincoln is sucking on his candy cane. If our next photo session doesn't produce the miracle shot, this will be my pick as THE BEST. Maybe.