Goodnight...

Love their cute family affection of touching noses.  And later a goodnight kiss...or rather an ALMOST kiss.  lol.  There are no good words to express how much I love these two silly girls! 

Sweetness...

I took a shot almost exactly like this last year.  Can't get over how much bigger they look this year. 

Sister secret...

A decided she was going to tell H a secret.   These shots are two of my favorites...The innocent moment with that secret and H's reaction of giggles.  I believe the secret was something like "Minions wear banana underpants".  Ha ha!

Litttle sister...

I ask them not to look at me when we're doing these pics and just to have fun with each other and enjoy the decorations...but it's hard to always follow directions when you're not quite four.  Little stinker.  She is our Sassyfrass!

Big sister...

This year we tried a few individual pictures.  When both girls are in the shot, it's super challenging to see both of their faces in a limited space with limited light.  And getting them to do the same thing at the same time is next to impossible too.  Look how tall H is getting!  I see a BIG difference from last year!

The tradition continues...

Since we've done the jammies around the Christmas tree pics for two years already, I didn't think it would be a big deal to repeat the tradition this year.  Ha!  We tried the same night as H's birthday celebration and I guess it was too much for them at one time.  They just weren't "feelin' it"...especially the little one.  So we did a do-over a couple night's later.  The above pic was my one and only usable shot from the first night, which explains why their hair is different in both shots.  lol.  I love comparing pics from past years and seeing how much they've grown!  Merry Christmas from our home to yours.  (and be forewarned...many more Christmas tree pics to follow so my mom can see them)

Candle light family...

She blew them out all by herself and this year we actually remembered to sing Happy Birthday while she did it.  lol

Pinkalicious birthday!

  

One of her favorite book characters now is Pinkalicious.  So it was an easy choice for a cake design.  A friend of Kara's made it for her.  So cute!  And I love that missing tooth!

Happy Birthday! SIX years old!

Guess who turned SIX years old today!

She's looking SO grown up with that missing tooth.  Sniff.  In case you can't read the favorite things list, here it is by itself.  Love her so much!  Really thankful God blessed us with her!

I don't know that it matters, but I shot these on the most dark and dreary day ever!  Absolutely no available light indoors.  We put a string of Christmas lights in a laundry basket and aimed them at her.  It sort of worked, but my ISO is sky high.  Sad.

I've actually been shooting quite a bit lately, but not too many family shots (other than our Christmas card pics which will be posted later).  I'll probably post some of my session shots to "fill the gap" for a while.

Happy Birthday, H!  We love you!