More Christmas Pictures

My little brother, another budding photographer, was also busy taking pictures during our Christmas holiday.  For those of you who are interested, here are some of his:

Our 1st Santa picture, Anselmi style

Eating Christmas Dinner?? I have no idea why I'm making such an awesome face...

Out for a walk: my go-to, entertain-both-babies-at-the-same-time activity

Dad trying to potty-train Lily.  She's not so sure!

Snuggles with Savannah

The babies were excellent helpers in the kitchen

Lily playing in her new Johnny-Jump-Up.  She does more leaning and drooling than jumping at this point.

Christmas morning trying to catch marshmallows fired from the boys' marshmallow crossbows

Waiting patiently to talk with Syster Jacqueline after church

All the way from Sweden, Jacqueline is doing so well!

And that's the last of our Christmas wrap-up (punny?)  It's hard to believe that next Christmas, Jacqueline will be home from her mission and the babies will be walking and talking! 

A Houston Christmas

We just finished our first Christmas in Houston!  The house looked spectacular, thanks to Rob's decorating skills (he's a man of many, many talents). 

The Upstairs Tree

We're still living in Rob's parent's home (built to fit a family of 11...), so we have plenty of extra room, and decided to host Christmas for my family this year. 

The Monster Tree

My parents, sister, brother, and Grandma drove/flew in from around the country to spend the holiday with us. 

Family Room

It was SO NICE to have all of those extra arms to hold and entertain babies!  A few days into the week I was having a hard time remembering how I managed to do this all by myself.  Savannah, Lily and I are all going to go through some serious withdrawals when everyone is gone.  :)

Somehow this is the only "group" picture I have...Grandma, Erik, Katie, me

On Christmas morning Santa left two of his littlest elves behind!  We decided they could stay.   Forever. 

And with more people to coax smiles out of the babies, here are some more pictures of our cute little girls.  They are 5 months old now!!

Hamming it up for their Grandma

Life is good.  2011 was a GREAT year, and I have a feeling 2012 is going to be even better.