tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post8236033101872115317..comments2009-12-03T21:28:52.161-06:00MarshaMarshaMarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787051368018458658noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-4582327852416747952009-12-03T21:28:52.161-06:002009-12-03T21:28:52.161-06:00Marsha! Being friends with you is so good for me! You always make me smile! <br /><br />I can totally relate to this post! As you may remember, I am the only girl in my house, too. My husband and my 4 boys are constantly making sound effects! And it is like &quot;Mission Impossible&quot; to get a family photo with all of them smiling pleasantly @ the camera!It really does a girl good to get together with other girls, get away from the noisy, rough&amp;tumble boys, and do &quot;girlie stuff&quot; for a while. <br /><br />I love to get my pink-fix when I shop for my nieces for birthdays and Christmas. (I just got one of them a gorgeous Victorian Tea Time Barbie! It was Soooo fun!) And I love to shop for girlie things for baby showers. But I must admit...I feel much more comfortable in the Hot Wheels &amp; Action Figure isles than I do surrounded by all that pink! <br /><br />I&#39;m thankful for my boys, as I know you are for yours. God bless you!<br />Lisa Mays<br />Monett, MO<br /><br />p.s. Maybe this year you can try a more casual or artsy pose (when nobody is looking directly @ the camera) for your family photo. Some ideas I like are: <br />the whole family piled onto the couch with Daddy reading a story to them. <br /><br />the family (from behind) toasting marshmallows in the fireplace.<br /><br />Everyone sitting in the floor around the Christmas tree...either passing each other gifts, or shaking gifts to guess what&#39;s in them.<br /><br />walking hand-in-hand through a Christmas light display in a park.<br /><br />Any activity your family enjoys together in the winter could make a good candid shot for Christmas photos.Lisa Culpepper Mayshttp://facebook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-63891864452842448092009-12-03T02:21:50.869-06:002009-12-03T02:21:50.869-06:00Love this :)Heidihttp://doc.ramseyatcomcast.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-18170375708402826552009-12-03T00:50:09.320-06:002009-12-03T00:50:09.320-06:00I just leave Nick &amp; I out of it. If I let the boys stand, climb, and then show off their muscles, they all smile and look at the camera. But then, that&#39;s not a &quot;family&quot; picture, is it??Kdhttp://www.kdforthecongo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-88567368173173454652009-12-02T21:41:18.159-06:002009-12-02T21:41:18.159-06:00It is such a relief that I am not the only mom to get my kiddo geeky stuff for Christmas. (You were serious about the poster, right? Haha). My 4 year old is into anatomy. The more exposed muscle and bone and EYEBALLS, the better!!Kelleyandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16597099041031928308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-87602322312122496332009-12-02T20:20:02.944-06:002009-12-02T20:20:02.944-06:00The photos made me laugh.<br /><br />Out loud.<br /><br />I know. Amazing.<br /><br />You look classy and beautiful and totally aware that everyone around you is a dweeb and you are just rolling with it.<br /><br />I think it would be classic to send one of those pics as a Christmas card, instead of the posed, cropped, doodled with, perfect, Photoshopped pictures that everyone has to have these days. We don&#39;t do Christmas cards or photos. I can&#39;t stand the stress!<br /><br />Girls? Yeah. I love hanging out with &#39;em.<br /><br />And the title of your post? Set my teeth on edge!<br /><br />Lylas!Leannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790757525000409229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-87408655556236312542009-12-02T14:57:29.120-06:002009-12-02T14:57:29.120-06:00It&#39;s kind of funny but my six year old daughter would probably like that poster. She likes to learn all the time. She especially likes all things science: animals, plants, people, rocks, plants, planets you name it she knows about it and what she doesn&#39;t know she&#39;ll just make up so it&#39;s better if we keep her learning so she&#39;s much more accurate :)RaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05470940477741344533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-9386960717658229972009-12-02T13:43:50.782-06:002009-12-02T13:43:50.782-06:00Your family shots were hilarious. I love that you showed us the non-professional looking ones. Makes the rest of us feel better. <br /><br />and remember, both our husbands need the ,&quot;This is my happy face&quot; T-shirts.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06861577758220512736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-69473467743251166102009-12-02T11:44:28.558-06:002009-12-02T11:44:28.558-06:00On the up side, you look GREAT in every photo. So what&#39;s the problem? Just kidding. My choice is the first one, where you are each displaying a different emotion: happy (you), angry (David), surprised (Austin) and bored (Noah). It will be a facial expression feast for viewers of your Christmas card. :)<br /><br />Anyway, glad to have found your blog! I have read a big portion of your blog and I am utterly amazed. I am in awe of you and your family. You are the ultimate inspiration.Pajama Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511778480681135729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-88950944766299893322009-12-02T10:54:41.918-06:002009-12-02T10:54:41.918-06:00I love all those photos! We still have the photo of y&#39;all from a couple years ago framed on our wall! :)<br />Love you! {{HUGS}}SuperAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832510750404343195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-36845840645239955882009-12-02T10:54:24.370-06:002009-12-02T10:54:24.370-06:00that is one beautiful poster. i might have to get one myself. you would not dare to not send me a photo card for christmas. goofy or not, i want one.Melissa Stoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839619836478423452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-46273235263034237852009-12-02T10:49:45.910-06:002009-12-02T10:49:45.910-06:00I would offer to create one from the three, like I just did on my blog for a friend...but you are right, they are hopeless! LOLTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09214555057090192683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-80586098146505764722009-12-02T07:53:44.532-06:002009-12-02T07:53:44.532-06:00I&#39;ve given up on getting a group shot for the time being. I figure I&#39;ll do a collage instead. Somewhere, I might be able to find a pic of each of my boys where they are actually smiling.Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06811697675090627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-14543116760857711422009-12-02T07:40:03.306-06:002009-12-02T07:40:03.306-06:00haha.. I can completely relate to those photos. I resorted to doing individual shots this year. By the way- I think that poster is awesome! ;)Scott and Jaclynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036568132818789842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-12089494383602395462009-12-02T07:10:04.795-06:002009-12-02T07:10:04.795-06:00Okay, use the blur over their faces and write their names...<br /><br />Or just do a photo of you with them drawn in as stick figures.<br /><br />Or just a photo of you with<br />&quot;David, Noah and Austin not pictured&quot;<br /><br />OR<br />Send a holiday *newsletter* about how you cannot work with these people and thats why there isn&#39;t a CARD.Karin Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14516662405528660516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-81202180002915834612009-12-02T04:15:20.026-06:002009-12-02T04:15:20.026-06:00;lkjadklgjdaklgjdafg<br /><br />*love* the pictures! <br /><br />Seriously, that elements poster is awesome!! My oldest would almost be jumping up and down to get such a cool gift. I think that I might pass it on the the grands.<br /><br />~AnnemarieAnnemariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15661557728731989314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-58725204295365566272009-12-02T02:34:25.856-06:002009-12-02T02:34:25.856-06:00Oh honey, delete away and do it! It would be hilarious! Make sure the &quot;husband&quot; has a full head of hair though! :D LOLOLOL!Lainiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770018512125146175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-26767137658312566862009-12-02T02:21:12.177-06:002009-12-02T02:21:12.177-06:00Oh Lainie! I feel like I should delete your comment to mask the lameness that someone else besides myself came up with that great Christmas card idea! You are SO clever, girl!!!<br /><br />And I DO know how you feel about the PTOE. I&#39;ve seen your science videos!MarshaMarshaMarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787051368018458658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-65294419350796256792009-12-02T02:02:22.469-06:002009-12-02T02:02:22.469-06:00I love that poster!!! You have no idea how I feel about the Periodic Table of Elements. Serious.<br /><br />You know what would be totally funny for your Christmas card... buy a photo from iStock of this totally &quot;perfect&quot; looking family... all blonde would be great and underneath the picture have it say, &quot;Merry Christmas from the Drews&quot; or something like that. Then put one (or better yet all) of those pictures of your actual family inside the card with some sassy sentiment like, Love us anyway :)<br /><br />Or maybe not... it&#39;s late and my brains are fried...Lainiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17770018512125146175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2355574191261679830.post-8508516953468678542009-12-02T01:53:20.753-06:002009-12-02T01:53:20.753-06:00Your boys are so dorky. Noah looks too cool for this nonsense. Austin... gotta love him. David... he looks mad/mean in quite a few pictures. We all know he&#39;s not THAT serious. :P Of course you look beautiful in all of them. Maybe you should just crop the pictures up into 4 sections so you could have your own beautiful space. :) And, it doesn&#39;t take a poster to prove your goobery nerdness. <br />Oh, glad you had a girl to hang out with. They are (most of the time) much more peaceful to hang out with.Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05874766608075767777noreply@blogger.com