Christmas Pictures

I have so many pictures I'm going to have to go through and edit so they can be posted. But, until that happens, here are some pictures from the Christmas card photo shoot.

And my favorite shot:

I had to threaten them between each shot. I had promised them slushies if they were good. It took WAY too long to get any good shots, they totally didn't deserve slushies. Right now we are still enjoying a full house of company. Jenny, Chuck and Tre are here from Arizona and Aly and Jaxson are here from Texas (and trying to convince me to move there :) We'll see if that happens.

And the most exciting news of the year, I FINALLY got Eva's Christmas stocking finished. It only took three years...you can read more about that here if you wish :) I spent 5 hours on Christmas Eve (while simultaneously cooking 8 quiches) just doing her name. I was seriously cursing myself for giving her such a long name. Here is the result of my three years of hard work:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I can't believe Christmas is already here again. Time sure does fly when you don't know what's going on. My mom's house is always even more beautiful at Christmas time. For the past week or so she has been directing us around the house with various decorations. We were finally able to get the tree up and all decorated today. I think it turned out perfectly.

Just like last year, Mallina and Eva's favorites were the little Madame Alexander dolls :)

Another great thing about Christmas are the pretty Christmas dresses in which we get to dress up the girls. We tried to take some family pictures on Sunday after church. The lighting wasn't good...but here we are in all our glory. And before you think it, or comment; yes, that Large Marge in need of a dye job and new hair style is me. Oy.

Mallina's front teeth are coming in nicely, and she still has that cute space in between them <3

I might be able to perform a miracle and get Christmas cards sent this weekend...we will see.