Disaster of a Christmas Card Photo Shoot

About a month before we left to Florida I bought the girls really cute Christmas outfits.  My plan was to walk down to the beach, layout a nice white blanket, place each of my children in the perfect spot, watch them just smile away, and shoot picture after picture.  I envisioned myself just stuck deciding over which perfect photo to use for our Christmas card this year.  So on Thanksgiving day I dressed each of my girls, fixed their hair with a matching bow, and headed down to the beach with my husband to capture the best picture of our girls.  I even took a few in the car of Trinity to practice her beautiful smile...

"What a great smile baby", I told her as we were about to step out of the car.  "Will you smile like that for Mama when I take your picture again?"  Her answer to me, "Yeps"  Great I thought, this will be just perfect.  We all hurried down the long bridge that leads to the white sand and green waters.  Delilah and Celeste ran to the sand and were ready.  The sunset was beautiful, all the tourists were off the beach, and my girls looked beautiful.  Now for the picture.  Getting ready ...

Trinity is not so sure about the sand.  Delilah loves the sand, and Celeste is still tired from the turkey.  So lets try this with Delilah holding Trinity.  Maybe she will smile...

Not so much!  So maybe if I sit them down in chairs it would be easier...Trinity is thinking about if she likes this or not...

Not so sure...

Really not liking it...

I don't know what to do at this point.  My last try was to sit them down and let Delilah hold Trinity...

She is not liking the sand on her feet.  And then this was the last picture I attempted and my favorite...

At this point I gave up.  I'm going to try again at home next to some poinsettias or the Christmas tree.  Hopefully I can get the perfect picture.