{"id":5530,"date":"2013-12-09T18:43:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=5530"},"modified":"2013-12-09T18:43:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:43:03","slug":"christmas-the-happy-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/09\/christmas-the-happy-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas: the happy card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are barreling toward Christmas and I just want things to slooooow down. For like a day, at least. Please? We put up our tree, this weekend, and I realized I haven&#8217;t bought ANY gifts. I finished <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/special-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\">knitting one glove<\/a>, then moved on to deep cleaning\/organizing both my living room and office (we FINALLY bought a couch! Another story for another day). I&#8217;m still not finished with <i>that<\/i>, but at least you can see my floor, now! I&#8217;m going to be one of those poor souls out shopping the weekend before Christmas. Maybe crying a bit in the car. We&#8217;ll see!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I say all that to get to this: the Christmas card! In <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/tag\/cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">years past<\/a>, I have taken and edited photos by early November. This year, we were a week into December and I still had no idea what we&#8217;d do! On Sunday, I started getting a little anxious about it, so I went outside with my boys and just took a bunch of shots. It was a cold+gray day, but they still had fun and we were all giggling around the yard. This shot ended up being my favorite. It isn&#8217;t perfect and they aren&#8217;t even looking at the camera, but it so wholly captures their joy for this season!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11282703933\/\" title=\"happyxmas-13-1 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5520\/11282703933_3b7084d830_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"happyxmas-13-1\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last year, I entered my card into the Holiday Photo Challenge at thepapermama.com and it was great fun, so I&#8217;m entering this year, as well. She always has a quirky card to share. I kind of love that her chickens are in her photo, this year. Seriously. Go check it out: <a href=\"http:\/\/thepapermama.com\/2013\/11\/2013-holiday-photo-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Holiday Photo Challenge @thepapermama<\/a>! Enter your own card for a chance to win some super prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some outtakes from this year:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11299017294\/\" title=\"boys2 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2817\/11299017294_891efd8a5d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"boys2\"><\/a><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11298964055\/\" title=\"boys3 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3695\/11298964055_25a8aafdb4.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"483\" alt=\"boys3\" style=\"border:0px!important;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11299029244\/\" title=\"boys4 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7408\/11299029244_83198965f8.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"483\" alt=\"boys4\" style=\"border:0px!important;\"><\/a><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11298999335\/\" title=\"boys-trip by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2829\/11298999335_47a2b9661e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"322\" alt=\"boys-trip\"><\/a><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11299031804\/\" title=\"boys13 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5516\/11299031804_02de3ed9be_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" alt=\"boys13\" style=\"border:0px!important;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11298983216\/\" title=\"boys14 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5515\/11298983216_b94fa95825_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" alt=\"boys14\" style=\"border:0px!important;\"><\/a><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/11299081193\/\" title=\"boys5 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3816\/11299081193_8bfc60791f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"boys5\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>With a full heart, we wish you a happy Christmas! 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