My husband is such a good sport

This is something we did last year, but I just now got a disc of the pictures. Cam's sister, Kristin, is a photographer. And the first time she came to our house she fell in love with the fireplace we have downstairs. It's a pretty big fireplace and you can actually stand up in it. And for some reason, there is a shelf thing inside it about where the mantle is that comes out about a foot or so.

Every year Kristin makes her own Christmas cards. I love her Christmas cards. She usually has a niece or nephew in them and I'm always excited every year when I open my mailbox and Kristin's card is in there. That day she was at our house she mentioned our fireplace would make a great back drop for that year's Christmas card. Then it was eventually decided that we would have Cam wear their Grandpa's santa suit and she would take pictures of him in the fireplace as if santa had just come down the chimney. I thought the idea was brilliant, but it was July so we weren't going to do anything about it right away.

Cam and I have a woodburning stove that we were planning on hooking up in that fireplace. When it started to get cold we decided it was time to hook up the woodburner. Then I remembered Kristin's Christmas card idea. I called her and told her that we were going to be putting in the woodburner, and if she still wanted to do the card she better do it quick. Once that thing is in the fireplace, it ain't going nowhere. It weighs like 1,000 pounds and takes 4 guys to move it. She was kind of like "I don't know", and I told her she better do it. It was a great idea and it was now or never. She agreed and below are some of the pictures. Cam was so funny! He would hang off the shelf and well, you'll see. If they look kind of plain it's because we decided not to do a bunch of decorations and stuff around it, she could photoshop those in.



This is Cam having fun hanging from the shelf.

We decided to add a bag of toys in some of them. I can't remember what's in the bag. Probably shoeboxes or something.

Cam was a great sport and did all sorts of poses while hanging from the shelf.

This is one of my favorites. It looks like Santa would fall right on his butt when he lands.

I like this one a lot too. Too bad we didn't think of getting some white Santa gloves for Cam to wear. And that is a pillow in the suit, Cam isn't fat.

We added a big old log that was left at the house for more effect.

We decided that Tosh would make a good addition to some of the pictures. He is so cute!

Of course Pedro had to get in on the action. I really like this one, it looks like the animals are excited to see Santa too.

Kristin did some photoshop magic and added some garland and did some cool lighting things with this one. Don't be surprised if this is my Christmas card one of these years.

This is what ended up being Kristin's Christmas card last year.


Thanks for taking these pictures Kris! I'm going to take you up on your offer and have you photoshop some stuff into a few more so I can print and frame them and use them as Christmas decorations!