Camping with the Guys

A couple days ago Ben and Pa took Mason and Carter 'camping'.  They didn't really camp since it was too cold, but the boys kept calling it 'camping'.  From what I hear, they all had so much fun!  Here's a collage of some of the pictures they took during their trip... 

McCormick Trian Park

Today Carter, Mason (our nephew) and Aunt Gummy (our Aunt Sharon) and I headed to the train park.  The boys had tons of fun 'exploring' and running around!  We ended the night with riding the train around the park and looked at all the beautiful decorations!

Christmas Ornaments

Today Martha, Rozlyn and Morgan came over and we made Christmas ornaments.  The kids had tons of fun making and decorating their ornaments!

Letter From Santa

Carter was so excited to find his letter from Santa in the mailbox today!  He couldn't wait for me to read it to him!!!

Gingerbread House

Carter has been asking me for a while if we can make the gingerbread house.  I promised him once school was over that we'd put together his gingerbread house.  So, today when he asked he was so happy I finally said yes!

Here are some of the pictures of Carter decorating his gingerbread house!  Enjoy!

Carter's Message From Santa

Carter got an email from Santa today!  He was so cute watching his message from Santa.  He asked me if Santa could see him, I told him Santa's always watching him.  It was so cute because every time Santa asked Carter a question, he answered him.  Carter was completely mesmerized by Santa's message.  It was really fun sharing that experience with Carter!  

Carter's Message From Santa!

I, of course snapped a few pictures of him watching his message from Santa :)

 

Carter's Christmas Performance

Tonight was Carter's Christmas Performance at school!  For the past couple weeks I've been asking him what songs he's going to sing.  He told me it was a surprise.  It was well worth the wait....he was so cute!

Carter during his performance....

Carter with his teachers, Ms. Fayrooz and Miss Katrina

Carter with his friends...

Please excuse the shaky camera, it was standing room only.  I had to record over a bunch of heads...not so easy when you're short :) 












 Our son the ham....

Santa

I had a surprise for Carter when I picked Carter up from school today.....SANTA!!!!  He was so excited!  When we got in line, he saw Santa from a distance, he could hardly contain himself!  First he just stood there in awe.  Then he kept saying, "I can't believe it's really Santa."  I loved watching his face light up, it brought back so many memories from when I was a kid and how truly exciting visiting Santa was!

 

After we finished visiting Santa we went to the pet store.  We asked if we could play with a puppy in one of the rooms.  Carter and the puppy were so cute and playful with each other. :)

Conversations With Carter

• Carter's argument for going outside by himself, "God is with me, he'll take care of me." How do you argue with that?

• When I asked Carter why he was pushing on my stomach he said, "I'm scooting your insides over to make room for a baby." Think he's trying to tell me something?

• Before I left the house to visit my brother, Keith in the hospital Carter came up to me and gave me a kiss and a hug. He said, "Give them to Uncle Keith. That`ll make him feel better." He`s such a sweetie!

• While dropping Carter off at preschool he said to me, "Mommy, I think I'm going to turn into an ice cube." Brrr....It's cold out there!

• When I asked Carter why he's running around the house he said, "So I can see how fast my heart beats."

Christmas Decorations

Today my Aunt Sharon came over.  She brought some ornaments with her that she wanted to pass down to us.  Carter, Aunt Sharon and I decorated the tree inside, while Ben put up the lights outside.   We were surprised that we were able to put so many ornaments on our tree :)  I love looking at our tree, it's absolutely beautiful!

I love how every time I walk into the living room I see Carter checking out the ornaments on the tree....he tells me every time that he loves how beautiful our tree is this year!  What's funny about that is, Aunt Sharon told me that's what I used to do when I was at her house during the holidays.  Still to this day, I love Christmas ornaments!

By the end of the day our house was fully decorated and felt so warm and cheery!

I think we'll make this a new tradition....decorating the tree with Aunt Sharon!  We had so much fun making memories with my favorite aunt :)

Tree Lighting in Surprise

Tonight we went to the annual tree lighting in Surprise.  Carter had tons of fun running around with his friends, while we had fun talking with our friends and watching the hot air balloons glow and the tree lighting.

They ended the night with the skydivers and fireworks!  It was so much fun!!!

Park Playdate

We had a playdate with Rozlyn and Morgan today to celebrate Rozlyn's birthday.  We had lots of fun exploring a park we'd never been to before.

It's Nerf or Nothing....Nerf!

Carter was playing with his Nerf gun this afternoon and kept saying, "It's Nerf or nothing...Nerf!"  Then he'd go around and shoot his gun.  Like father, like son!  :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Mimi and Pa's (Ben's parents).  My Aunt Sharon and our neighbor, Charlie also joined us.  We had a very nice and relaxing day!

Our annual Thanksgiving family picture....

Carter with his Mimi and Pa....

Carter with his Great Aunt Sharon....

 My two crazy boys....

Mmmm.....pumpkin pie!

2009 Thanksgiving

2010 Thanksgiving

Mommy's Little Baker

Today Carter and I spent the afternoon baking cookies.  Carter loves helping me in the kitchen....and he especially loves licking the bowl when we're finished mixing the cookie dough. :)

Engagement Pictures!

Ben and I got engaged on Mother's Day of 2010.  Last weekend we finally got around to having our engagement pictures taken.

Our favorites....

 

We can't believe how fast time is flying by....in 3 months we'll be saying, I DO!!!!

Visiting the Animals

Today we visited the Adobe Mountain Animal Reserve.  We had a lot of fun, even though it was raining some of the time :)

Some of the animals we saw....

 

Carter posing with the animal....he sure loves his animals :)