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Santa Photos 2013

December 12, 2013 By Erika Zane

12 Dec

The year wouldn’t be complete without Santa photos, right?

Every year, since Dylan’s first Christmas, we’ve done the mall Santa thing.  In fact, as I unpacked the other day, I found them all.

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Clearly, it’s never been a planned thing.  It was always more like, I was already Christmas shopping at the mall and thought, “Oh, look!  No line!”

I’ve also never been thrilled with them or felt the need to share them with anyone.  They were cute little keepsakes that felt necessary for memories but, unfortunately, could never be more than that.

This year, however, we were spoiled with better Santa pictures than I ever could have imagined, by one of the most talented portrait photographers I know.  She also happens to be one of my closest friends.  She may have something to do with why we looked at houses in this area and ended up with the house we bought.  Maybe…

She is incredibly generous and absolutely amazing at everything she does.  She volunteered her time taking photos for a Santa event hosted by her (and happily soon to be my) MOMS club and what an amazing Christmas gift.  I am so excited to share these amazing photos by Ashley Henry Photography!

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The event alone was amazing and put together by another very encouraging and generous mom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting.  We’re so excited to become a part of the community here.

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  1. Lauralynn Elliott says

    December 13, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    I love them because they are so candid. I’ve always preferred those fun shots to the stiff, formal ones.

  2. Kathryn Dilligard says

    December 19, 2013 at 11:37 pm

    Awww. Adorable. We’ve done the Santa pictures three days ago too. The kids love him..
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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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