family photos: take one

We found ourselves ALL HOME most of the day today.  That never happens on a Sunday!

 My first thought...Christmas card photos! 

We set up a back drop and strobe light and grabbed the remote...

we thought it was the perfect equation...

but NO...

this is about as good as it got-

 It looks like we'll have to come up with something else...
it didn't help that we realized just after this that Ellie had a fever. :(

These will be perfect for our picture Christmas ornaments!

We took Ellie's temperature right after this- she had a fever.