family pics

a couple months ago we took some family pictures, curtesy of a fun photographer in our ward.  i kept meaning to post some pics from the shoot, but didn't want to "spoil" the great excitement that comes with seeing what photo was included on our christmas card.  so, here's some others we liked:

and of course the family photo from our card:

i really like the family photo, it seems to just exude the "uniqueness" of our family.  i can't imagine our boys sitting perfectly posed and smiling right at the camera(at least not for several more years), this is definitely more "us."we haven't has family pictures taken since the twins arrived, it always seemed like a really overwhelming idea.  turns out it is a lot of work (i was literally sweating, then again, tx is hot) but i love looking at these pics!  i'm sure if you make your way to texas in the next few months you'll see some of these hanging up in our home, which would be a nice change from our currently empty walls.