24/12/2021
I wanted to do this as a separate post, to thank all the special people in my life that have made Santa photos possible over the past 6 years – my family. It started out with me asking my father-in-law (Baz) to put on a santa costume (that had been left here by accident) to have a photo with our boys, to the following year asking my friends to bring their kids around for a picture to see if I could make something of this!
A huge thank you goes to our beautiful dads (Kerry & Barry) for giving up their time to be the most amazing Santas ever. I’ve loved watching the kids light up when they see you and how excited they get to be able to talk to you (well, most of them!). I know sitting in that suit all day, sometimes on 40 degree days when the air conditioning was not coping, would not have been comfortable at all but you both did it without complaint – I cannot thank you enough for that and without you none of this would have been possible! Thanks to our mums for also giving up their time (& their husbands), for helping to make little ones smile & for also helping with our housework while we were all out doing the photos!
Thank you to our boys (Kallen, Tain & Cooper and girlfriends Re & Maddie) for your patience, help and support while we were busy all weekends and most nights through the week for a few months leading up to Christmas – I know there’s been times when we haven’t been able to give you as much focus & I apologise for that. Especially for last year, when the photos took over the whole house thanks to Covid & social distanced Santa photos for the first time ever!
And last but certainly not least, thank you to my amazing husband Brett who, without his support, encouragement, faith in me & people skills this whole thing would have been a disorganised mess (more so than it was)! Meeting & greeting everyone who comes in, keeping me on track, helping me stick prints into cards at all hours of the night and being there when I’ve been a stressed out lunatic (especially this week!). You mean the world to me & I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I wish you all a fantastic Christmas, and a safe & happy new year and many years to come!! I love you all ❤ ❤ ❤