Christmas Greetings

Christmas cards, you love them and you hate them.  Every year, you get them from other people and they're always so nice.  Am I the only one who always feels like the ones I've got aren't nearly as good as what everybody else sends?  We laugh every year when we get my stepmom's annual Christmas letter that tells all about what the rest of the family is doing, and then, if we're lucky, has one brief sentence about us, stating that we're doing the same boring thing as before.  Apparently, if we're not traveling all over like my sister, or having babies like my stepbrothers and their wives, we're boring.  In case you haven't guessed, no, she doesn't read the blog. 

This year we got a photo card from Zona and her family, and it really made me start thinking about how fun it would be to do that.  I've never done photo cards before, but the idea began to gain appeal.  Then I saw that Shutterfly is offering fifty free photo cards, and I thought to myself, it would be worth it to give it a try.  I mean, we certainly have a few good pictures around here that we could give it a shot with.

Last year, Mr. Taleteller surprised me with a really neat gift from them, a photo calendar with all pictures of our dogs, both past and present.   It wasn't something I'd expected at all, and I couldn't bring myself to write on it, but he did manage to include most of our important dates on there for me.  It's definitely one of the most unique things he's given me.

They also have some really neat photo books that you can create with your own photos.  Mr. Taleteller's sister had some done with the first baby pictures of his nephew for some family members and we really liked them.  I've actually been thinking about trying to make one up with some of our favorite pictures of the dogs.

Funny how the pictures we take aren't just for those old photo albums anymore!