Family Photos in 45 minutes!

Although I thrive under pressure, this photo shoot took the cake! I had less than an hour to wrangle three kids and a dog for pictures fit for a Christmas card. And just between you and me, I had just started learning to shoot in anything but auto mode. Oy.

Did I mention that it was freezing out? I made these poor children sit on an ice-cold rock for this shot.The kids were troopers though and even let me do some individual shots before running back inside to warm up!

Give me two hours next year and some sweaters and I promise it'll be golden. ;)