Sweet Memories

The day after Christmas, Scott, Sarah, Stephen and Liana went snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain Park.  Carter, Grandma Ann and I stayed home.  I wanted to be home, since I had the day off and Carter got to have fun with Grandma Ann.

We bought a gingerbread train for Carter and Grandma Ann to make and he loved it.  He also loved eating the candy that was supposed to go on the train. 

 

 

 

 

Love these faces.

 

The finished product (with bad lighting).  Notice the missing wheel off of the engine.  "Someone" took a bite out of it.  :)

 

 



Christmas Dinner 2013

It worked out great this year to do Christmas at our house.  It is easier for Carter, and us, to be able to be home and be comfortable, than fighting crowds at a restaurant.  Carter's attention span is only so long right now.  :)  He does great, but being at home is much easier.    We had everyone over to the house for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  Some joined us for a tamale dinner on Christmas Eve and then we had great food made by everyone on Christmas Day.  It was a wonderful day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post Christmas Fun.  Carter was exhausted.

 

Christmas Morning 2013

We were in Denver for Christmas this year.  It was a Troy year and Grandma Ann decided to head to Denver for the for holiday.

We woke up Christmas morning and opened the first round of gifts.  It was great to get to be at home, hang out in our pajamas and take it easy.  Carter loaded up again this year and received lots of wonderful things.  Everyone knows him very well.

 

 

Eddie and Carter were both excited for their stockings.

 

 

 

 



Naughty or Nice?

 

He's Making a List...

Our Santa visit this year took us to Bass Pro again.  We planned a little better this year, after it not working out as planned last year.  We sent Scott early to get us a pass and then Carter and I came later.    Even with the pass it was a fair amount of time standing in line, so it was good they had other things to do.

What says Santa's Wonderland and Merry Christmas like shooting a gun and working on your target practice.

 

 

They had remote control NASCARs and a train you could drive.

 

 

 

A carousel.

 

 

 

And, the whole reason we went...Santa Claus himself.  Carter was a little nervous when we first walked up but warmed up to Santa and quickly told him he wanted a blue car for Christmas.

 

 

 

 



Light the Lights

Carter got his own Christmas lights this year and he was thrilled.  We already had the M&M set, but he claimed them as his own.  He plugged them in every night and was in charge of making sure they were on or off and took his job very seriously.  It turned out to be great teaching tool.  He would count them (1-10) every time he was around them and was SO proud of himself, and so were we.

 

 

Pampered Pooch

Decorating the tree or decorating the dog, which is more fun?  If Eddie could just sit in the corner and be decorated, we would go with that...because he obviously likes it.