This is my parents' family Christmas picture for 2012. Featuring Greg and Madelaine Smith (my parents, the tall ones in the back) and the Johnsons ( the short ones spread across the front, from left to right: Lee, Lizzie, Rene, Jake, Margo, and Ava) and the Sandeens (you know which ones we are!), we comprise one good-looking family (we think). The Johnsons aren't actually related to us, but we've been super-close family friends with them long enough it feels like we are.
We had a family fun day together the Saturday after Thanksgiving - food, games, and the obligatory family photo op. Zarya wasn't thrilled with the idea of posing and smiling, but she managed to avoid totally ruining the picture by holding her screams back for a minute or two. The red outfit doesn't help hide the fact her face is pretty red in the picture, either. But she was a cute Christmas elf for a few minutes! Oh, a very important side note on the aforementioned games: I was victorious in all three we played - Scattergories, Walk the Dog, and Yahtzee. I even got a bonus Yahtzee!
We'll be together with my sister Alyssa's family in mid-December, but that was too long for my folks to wait to get their annual Christmas picture taken. Usually they have to skip us in the picture because we're far, far away, but this year WE were the ones who made it in and the Vikeslands in St. Louis were the ones deemed too far, far away!
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