Christmas pics taken today!

These pics were taken at The Picture People.. you can tell which ones that I didn't buy because they have their copyright stuck in the middle of them... sneaky, aren't they? The last picture I bought and scanned. We had a great experience there! Let me start off by telling you about our morning BEFORE going to the Picture People. We went to Olan Mills (in Meijer), because they offered a great package with Christmas cards, 8X10 , 2 5X7s, wallets galore and a big 10X13.. sounded good.. I thought.. they can't mess this one up.. was I ever wrong.. well I only paid $6 so I'm not distraught but the place was filthy.. the backdrop was covered with mud spots, the monitor used to view the digital photos had so much dust you couldn't see the screen, plus it was mounted high up on the wall.. the photographer (which we learned is the ONLY one there) was sloppy and didn't smile or make any suggestions to poses. Was not creative and never made an attempt to make Evie smile.. I immediatly noticed these things and told her that I wanted to cancel (after about 6 failed photo attempts).. she said I couldn't have my money back but still wanted me to cancel.. (She was offended that she heard Joe making an appointment at The Picture People in the hallway).. I picked the picture that I liked best out of all that she took.. which is a close up and is pretty, it IS my daughter after all.. but it isn't Christmasy, which was the purpose of the session.. so I ordered the package (I'll get them in two weeks), and was out of there to go straight to the mall! Our photographer at The Picture People was Kara.. and she did a fantastic job with poses and making Evie laugh.. amazing the difference in quality of the session when the photographer is ... well.. a photographer! LOL I knew better.. and Kylla warned me about how the last time Brayden went to Olan Mills it was a disaster.. I figured, for $6, who cares. Anyway.. I'm happy with the ones I posted here! Then we had lunch at Evie's favorite place, O'Charley's.. than back to the mall to get our pictures, Evie and Brayden sat on Santa's lap together.. (we saw them at the mall getting pictures, too!) so Kylla should have those pics up soon. All in all.. we had a nice day.. Daddy was home with us so it was fantastic doing family stuff together. We are excited for Thanksgiving to get here.. going to go to Cincinnatti to see Joe's family.. (I love road trips) and then that means Christmas will be coming up! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! That's all for now.. gonna go get me a warm hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream.. YUM!! Perfect ending to a cold, snowy day! (How about that snow this morning!) Goodnight!