It's my party

conversation between Ellie and I:
Ellie: I was thinking I clean my room after rest time.
Me: I told you to clean your room now.
Ellie: YOU'RE NOT COMING TO MY PARTY!!!

Christmas photos

This year for our Christmas pictures, Kyle set up his lights & backdrops. It's been a while since we had "formal" pictures of the kids. It's just so much easier to get great pics outside of them acting natural. Grandparents don't get the non-traditional pictures, though, and have been begging for "real pictures" of the kids they can put in their wallets.

It's always so stressful, but I think Kyle managed to get some of their personalities even with the backdrops and posing.