Christmas Photo Fun!

Many of you may have noticed the absence of something in your Christmas cards: not money but a Christmas photo of Mason. The primary reason for this is that we weren't able to get into the city to the photo studio due to the huge snowstorm that decided to arrive on our picture day. We had attempted to have photos taken earlier in the month and were not happy with the results (although we did order a few pictures because we felt obligated) so we were hoping that our second attempt would result in at least one half decent picture. Apparently this was not to be! What were we to do? Take our own pictures of course!! How difficult could it be? Well, I will let all of you be the judge. I have posted a few of the "better" pictures below. Our photo session lasted almost a week and we finally just gave up trying to capture the "perfect" picture of Mason. In our eyes all pictures of him are perfect!




We are so excited to be celebrating our first Christmas as a family! Having children definitely brings back the magic of the season. We are so blessed to have Mason in our lives!
Merry Christmas to our family and friends! Stay tuned to more pics....

Bishop Family Christmas

The second party was the annual Bishop Family Christmas. This was our first time attending and it was really nice to see so many relatives (even though we didn't know half of them.) Santa makes a special appearance after the big potluck dinner and all of the kids receive a gift.
Mason wasn't too sure what to think of Santa but he sure was interested in the colourful wrapping paper on his gift.
Bradley and Jack helped Mason open up his gift.Here are some of the Bradley cousins from the next generation. Emma and Catherine joined the boys. Moments after this picture was taken we were in the vehicle to go home and Mason fell asleep before we left the parking lot and slept the entire 2 hour ride home!

Christmas Party at the Jackett's

We spent this past weekend attending two different Christmas functions. The first was hosted by The Jackett's for my extended family. We all dressed in tacky clothes, including Mason although in these pictures he had already taken off his sweater due to the temperature of the house. Don't Scott and I look like we are plucked right out of the 80's? I love this picture of Mason. He reminds me of the Max, the little dog in the Grinch. It must be the way that the hat is perched on top of his head.
The next morning Mason was hanging out in his Christmas jammies in the kitchen with everyone.

Kids' Christmas Party

At the beginning of the month we went down to Elora to attend the Legion's Kids' Christmas Party. Mason took in all of the action. There were so many kids there that he didn't have time to realize that he had skipped his afternoon nap. Santa Claus made an appearance and Mason received a cute toy for the tub. Grandpa Day showed up prior to Santa's arrival.