Family Photo: official & unofficial

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Each year at Christmas we have a family photo taken in front of the Christmas tree.  As the children grew up the Christmas tree became more and more hidden behind us to where only the angel at the top could be seen hovering above someone's head.  We've been able to continue the tradition of the family photo but wait now until our schedule relaxes a bit the week after Christmas.

I've attached our official family photo and an unofficial version I created with the help of Photoshop and patience of the entire family during an extended photo session.  Because the photos were taken in a small room I needed to do some major moving of furniture and the camera was set up through a doorway in an adjoining room.