The Living Christmas Tree

Nana and Papa Carter sing in a large, beautiful, Christmas concert every year at their church called The Living Christmas Tree. So we always head over to Montgomery to watch the performance and as usual, it was wonderful. We are so proud of Nana and Papa for all of their hard work! We also had a great time visiting with the extended Carter family who also came to watch the Tree.

Cousins!

More cousins: Kenley, Avery, Harrison, and Hadley Carter

Hadley and Harrison love to give each other hugs! They are buddies!

Kenley and Avery are buddies too, and loved holding hands.

Our sweet girl had a ball climbing up and down the church stairs!

Playing games with Nana.

This is a random picture I stuck in.....we went to the mall last week to ride the big choo choo and sit on Santa's lap! It was a fun day!

Are We Ready for Broadway?

Starting this past summer, every Wednesday afternoon, we head up to the church for Harrison's choir practice. All of his efforts paid off because he did a wonderful job singing in the church Christmas pageant this Saturday. Even if he doesn't end up inheriting the lovely singing pipes of his grandparents/aunts/uncles, we are so proud of him for standing up in front of a large group of people and having fun singing!

Thanksgiving in Florida

We spent several days at Poppy and Car Car's house in Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday and were so blessed to spend valuable time with many family members and friends. The California Eschens even came in for a few days, it was so wonderful to see them! We did most of our usual activities there, a visit to the Homossassa Wildlife Park and lots and lots of football, eating, and playing outside.

Harrison and Avery love the Wildlife Park!

Waving hi to a lizard!

She's always the cutest manatee!

Relaxing with Car Car for a minute.

Harrison played games with Aunt Nancy, Sarah, and Brian.

Yep, watching football.

Thanksgiving dinner is about to be served, the crowd couldn't wait!

Two pretty girls.

Watching Backyardigans with Mandy and Owen.

Game night!

Cheering on the Gators!

Poppy and Car Car in their element with all the grandchildren.

It was so great to get a picture of the whole family, it doesn't happen very often!

One of their favorite activities, "wrestling" with Poppy.