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December 22, 2011 By Sarah Halstead

Santa Cow Visit

Filed Under: Christmas, Family, Photography Tagged With: carsyn, dustyn

Our Chickfila was having Kids night and we went by there to see Santa Cow and to get Dusytn’s face painted. Carsyn loved Santa Cow and did not cry at all. YAY! I was so happy. He just kept talking and talking to him. I thought it was so cute. Just wish they would have looked at me. Oh well, next time!!

Then Dustyn did a craft and got his face painted.

The final.

My ISO for these photos was 3200. My old camera didn’t even go up that high. I think they turned out pretty good considering the light I had to work with.

Are you all ready for Christmas? What do you have left to do? I am almost done wrapping.  It still doesn’t feel like Christmas. We have been having some warm weather. It has been pretty crazy.

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My favorite photo this week. The hat is made by my lovely sponsor Sew Sweet by Kayla.

the hollie rogue and then, she {snapped} Life.Captured.  

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  1. Breena says

    December 29, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    Your photo is being featured at this week's "Look Whooooo's Snapping" photo linky party! Thanks so much for participating! I'd also like to invite you to link up again this week :) Breena mommyknowslife.blogspot.com
  2. Georgia says

    December 29, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    The Santa cow is too funny!!! Great shots!Simply Silver
  3. Branson says

    December 29, 2011 at 9:59 am

    Dustyn's face looked so cute, and how adorable is that baby?! Wonderful photo!
  4. Breena says

    December 28, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    Oh I just love these! Thanks so much for sharing again at "Life as this Mommy knows It"!
  5. Adeena says

    December 24, 2011 at 1:47 am

    Santa Cow is awesome! :D
  6. Grumplestilskin says

    December 23, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    What fun, unique photos. I love the whole idea of Santa Cow.
  7. DaenelT @ Living Outside the Stacks says

    December 23, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    Hahaha What great pictures! They're so sharp and clear. How do you do that? And the raspberry picture is too adorable.
  8. Susan says

    December 23, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Oh my, I have NEVER seen a Santa cow! Too cute! Love the pirate paint too! Arrg! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
  9. Laura says

    December 23, 2011 at 11:52 am

    That looks like so much fun! I miss having a chick-fil-a just down the road! (And maybe Sammy wouldn't have been scared of Santa Cow, haha) Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!
  10. Lauren Johnson says

    December 23, 2011 at 11:04 am

    Oh too cute! Love these photos! And I actually like that he isn't looking at the camera. It's interesting that way...more candid. And his face painting is adorable! So cute! Thanks for linking up to Oh Snap!
  11. andi says

    December 23, 2011 at 7:53 am

    that tongue! So cute and thanks for the tip on bumping the ISO, I wasn't sure if that was a "no no" or not! I'll be trying it with all the bad christmas lighting this weekend.
  12. Run DMT says

    December 23, 2011 at 5:39 am

    Oh my goodness! i LOVE that pirate face painting! That ROCKS! The Chick-fil-a in Tampa is all decked out for Christmas. They have the most amazing light show with snow and carolers. It's part of our Advent calendar activities every year.
  13. Seeing Each Day says

    December 23, 2011 at 2:56 am

    Regardless of the light you always manage a great picture which is always enjoyable and inspiring to look at.
  14. Cecily R says

    December 23, 2011 at 12:52 am

    As always, FANTASTIC shots. And holy cow, 3200!! Your clarity is amazing (how did you manage so little noise?)! Merry Christmas!
  15. debi9kids says

    December 23, 2011 at 12:01 am

    omword! That final photo is SO darn cute! LOVE the hat, but his facial expression is just the cutest. LOVING the face painting. Very cool. Hope you have a wonderful holiday!
  16. kelly @ In Everything says

    December 22, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    Chick-Fil-A can be soo great with kids programs;) Love Dustyn's Pirate painted face... Chris wants a pirate birthday... I'll have to keep that simple face paint design in mind;)
  17. deb says

    December 22, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    That santa cow is too cute! And I love the pirate face painting! The photos are great! Did you shoot these in raw? I started shooting raw and it's really helping with the editing with some indoor photos I took last weekend.
  18. Teresa says

    December 22, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    I absolutely love that Santa Cow! Looks like it was a fun time.
  19. melissa says

    December 22, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    Chick fil is awesome- too bad we don't have one around us! The pictures are so cute! looks like they had so much fun!
  20. Keli says

    December 22, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    I love how chick fil a always has fun things for the kids!! oh and the food is yummy too!

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