Without further ado… HERE IT IS, our holiday card!
People have been saying to us every year since our “Christmas Story” card in 2008, “How will you ever top last year?! You’re always outdoing yourselves!”
Remember the Awkward Family Photo card from 2010? Truthfully, I’m not sure it’s toppable. And you know what, that’s perfectly okay!
The whole thing is so fun… until it’s not. We spend the entire month of November (and December most years) brainstorming ideas. Sometimes it’s just too much.
This year, I just wanted to take it easy. Take the pressure off and enjoy the holiday season with my newly beloved dog and my awesome husband.
All of this being said, if we come up with some crazy fun idea in the future, we’ll do it. But if we don’t, we won’t. NOOOOO PRESSSSSURE!!!!!! Are you with me?!
On that note, here’s the interior of the card.
And like always, we change up the logo to go with the theme of the card. There really wasn’t a theme this year, except… well… Murphy Mo was in it!He kind of looks like Rowlf the Dog from the Muppet Show. And for those who are new to my blog, here’s a compilation of all of our cards since 2008.
Thanks to the many of you who were excited to see what we came up with this year. I’m quite happy with it. After all, we didn’t have a family picture with Murphy Mo until now!
High fives go out to Ryan Hunley for snapping the pic, Corrie Renfrow for the scarf, and Noble Vestal Labradoodles for Murphy.BOOOOOOOM!
Sending love your way this holiday season.
And really, take it easy!
Love love love,
~bobbi+mike+murphy mo
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” -John Lennon
Being all lovey-dovey with 15 or so people watching… it’s not as easy as it looks my friends. However, these two nailed it!
HELLOOOOO HOT TAMALES!
When we photographed their session, they weren’t yet officially engaged… but just a few weeks later they were! Do you think it’d be fair for them to call these images an engagement session? I say yes.
I’m not gonna lie, it was coooooold! Often, people try to wear clothes that aren’t warm to give the impression that it wasn’t cold…. just a normal spring day. However, the red noses and clinched fists usually give it away.
I, however, like that they’re wearing coats and are all cuddly with each other.
While we were shooting we came across this old VW Beetle at a repair shop. Mike asked an employee if we could get in. Next thing you know… BOOOOOOM!
Are you kidding me with how ridiculously gorgeous you two are?! It’s overwhelming.
I love this one!
Hold on… hard to type with my jaw on the ground…. Okay… Back…. UHMMMM… whoa…. WHOA!
Oh how I love their smiles! Mike’s favorite
Here we all are!
You guys know how much I love photographing families in their homes. I like that these images will mean something more than just, “wow, that sure is a cool wall full of graffiti…” Instead they can look at these images and remember how much their newly-walking son loved going up and down those stairs… over… and… over… and…. oooooverrrrrr…
Oscar couldn’t be more sweet! 
Brandon and I very first met in Terre Haute, where we both went to college. Oh, and I was his Applebee’s trainer. Yeah… them’s is braggin’ rights, I WAS AN APPLEBEE’S TRAINER… BOOO-TO-THE-YAH!
Have I mentioned how flipping cute Oscar is?!
There’s so much love in this house.
….up and down those stairs over… and… over… and…. ooooooooverrrrrr! Our favorite!
…then we headed into their back yard for some more amazingness. 
I always try to grab just a few images of just mom & dad.
A session at home isn’t complete without Bella and Beau!
We met them in Brookville, Indiana at Rachel’s parent’s farm…. where they have over 100 acres of amazingness. I was in HEAVEN!
Uhhhhhhmmmm…. arrrrrrrrrrre you kidddddddding meeeeeeee with this gorgeousness?! WHOA! 
Not only is this family ridiculously good looking, they’re pretty damn awesome too.
On this property they also have a small lake, with a small canoe… and a whole lot of amazingness.
Told you… a whoooooole lot of amazingness!
I just adore this family.
One of our favorite images we’ve ever shot.
Loving all of these smiles.
….and I’m still coming down from the high of photographing this awesomeness….
