Our first Christmas since moving to Charlotte and it couldn’t have been better! We jam-packed our schedule to see and be with as many family members and friends as possible.
I told myself I was going take photos with Hans to capture all my favorite moments and…it did not happen.
I just get so caught up with all my favorite people and would just rather be “in the moment” with them. Ya’ know?
I’ll do better next time. Maybe with just my camera phone, which is easier to whip out.
But I did convince the Tran Clan to take “dressy photos”. It was a hot mess, but I’m still happy we did it. Photographing 12 people at one time with a self-timer is no easy feat.
We were in our “Christmas Eve mass outfits” (we took these photos on the 22nd) in our parents’ backyard.
I took a few individuals too. Apparently I was having a focus-issue and didn’t know till I got these scans back.
One of the few negatives when shooting film: Not knowing what you did wrong and adjusting right away. But I think I know what I did wrong.
Photo cred: Jill!!
Love my Mommy and Daddy <3
Our best one!! Missing my brother-in-law, Ronald though.
This was our “serious pose” but I think it’s pretty hilarious.
So Jill and I really wanted to take sunset photos and the only day we could make it happen was Christmas Eve right before mass. And well that’s what we did. Ha.
Khang opted to “stay back with Mom so I can drive her to church”.
It was just me, Jill, and the beautiful sunset.
Jill always carrying that “Cali glow” with her. This is probably one of my favorite shots ever.
And she took beautiful shots of me too!
I planned to take photos of my in-laws too, but Mom was sick and the weather didn’t cooperate with us. Poo. We will try again this year.
But I did manage to get some sweet shots of our family in New Orleans.
Side note: St. Roch Market is a must! Not only is the food culturally diverse and delicious, the wonderful atmosphere is high in energy, yet warm in conversations with people from all different paths.
We were confined to a corner that made everyone face a wall. This made it hard to take photos, so I decided to play paparazzi and took some through the windows. I was trying to get candid shots.
Missing a bunch of faces. But happy we got to see our cousins!! It’s always a fun time!!
I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays with their loved ones. Khang and I sure did!
Thanks for reading and following along
with me,
Jules.
Gosh, it was work to carry Hans in the summer heat of Texas. 
We played with the self-timer. 
