Christmas 2018...also a bit late..

Once again, life got busy and the blog got behind...but time to catch up. Our Christmas fun started with a quick trip over to Disney. We just spent 1 nite, but we were only going to enjoy Disney Springs, not a park. We'd heard about the parade of trees, it really was a amazing...

Love the tree topper...LOL

It was busier than we'd hoped, but it was a Fri nite...we truly enjoyed  all the decorations and lights as it got dark. Had dinner at The Edison...very yummy and headed back to the hotel. Had a great nites sleep, and in fact slept in late...the headed back to Disney Springs for lunch, we slept through breakfast which was delightful. There were some waits in several places until we got to Planet Hollywood...good choice. Chef Guy Fieri inspired many of the menu options....delish. A gorgeous day as we sat outside and enjoyed people watching. After lunch we "waddled" around to work off some lunch, and did a little Christmas shopping.

The trip home was easy and it seems the family had been busy seeing Santa...

"Santa, i don't care what Mommy says, I HAVE been a good girl!!"

Love the Santa pictures...

The sweet Carter Boys...look so good in their ties...

Then the next weekend we went to St. Armands Circle to see the lighting of the big tree. That was very nice, and a church on the circle had a live nativity..been a long time since I saw that. It was so good, they did a great job.

The Wise Men

The camel was cool...

Always fun to see and do the Christmas things around town. We headed to ATL a little early this year, had several things on the calendar. 

The big finally came...it was crazy as always..

Quinton loves the little ones..he was making sure Ella had something to eat...soooo cute.

Grandma put all the kids things in one big bag...they dug in...

Sweet Ella was having a blast...

Jase was loving this toy

Britt tries to supervise...lol

I think Dylan liked his vest...

The Carter Boys got gift cards to go bowling, they each got to open a box...woohoo

Look at all those Unicorn things....

 Ella likes her pink vest...she's vest girl like her Daddy

 Then it was Mom's turn....

Brad, Cindy and Ella gave her this really cool plaque...

It was so sweet and so true...

We got Mom a square pedestal cake plate, and a gift certif for 4 to have a home chef come cook a 4 course dinner....cool

 After Mom finished, it was time for Chad and Ash...our big kids...

Ash enjoyed her hat and puzzle we gave her , and Chad liked his first ever vest!! I'm sure it will be the 1st of many.

Sweet Ella is hanging with Shea-Shea

Cousin time..Chad, with the little guys

Q was getting Mom to play something...so sweet 

So, all in our PJ's and singing songs....

And someone surprised them all..............

SANTA...he came to our house on Christmas...WOW!!!

Santa did some cool magic tricks and handed out gifts to each child...they had so many questions...

He had their attention, that's for sure

He had a very special gift for Ella and big surprise for all of us...a baby will be here in August...WOOHOO...Best Christmas ever!!!

Brandon congratulates Brad....

Then the big question was...boy or girl??? Santa took his sweet time telling us...

After making sure it was ok for him to tell...

The suspense was killing us.....

Santa was really enjoying himself....

And he kept dragging it out....lol

FINALLY...a BOY....woohoo!!!

Mom gets a chance to chat wit Santa..

It had been such a fun time...thanks Santa, we feel special.

Then we finished the rest of the package opening...

Then it was time for dinner and the end of another great Christmas....thanks to all, we are such a blessed family.  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season...now...let's see what 2019 holds, besides a new baby boy!!!

Thanksgiving 2018...a bit late

Life got busy and posting took a back seat, by trying to get caught up. We went to ATL  a bit early, had several things on our agenda. I had to go into my office. Then my team was signed up to cover a day of volunteering at the Delta Holiday Military Lounge...so we were busy. We also helped keep little Ella for a few days, while Mommy and Daddy took care of some things...holidays are always about family time and that's fun. Ashley spent the weekend at Mom's with all of us, we baked, played games....just had fun.
Shea had fun making cookies with Ella...

"See Nanny...I did it..."

It was a slow fun weekend before Thanksgiving....then I worked the few days before Thanksgiving, then the big day came...tons of people and tons of food, like always.

 After lunch we all went outside for family pictures...we are a growing family for sure

All 4 Perez kiddos...

The twins...Gwyn and Vivi

The whole Perez Family..

All my great nieces and nephews...so much fun!!

Sweet Baby Evelyn...

Almost all the girls...Kelley and Ash went back to the house too quick...oops

The Stevens Family...

The Carter Family...and Broadie

The Whole gang....we sure miss Daddy...he'd have been proud.

After pictures...we headed back to clean the kitchen and Debbie had a surprise for us. She got her grandkids to sing a song.....soooo cute.

After the whole group performed, siblings wanted to do their own shows...hilarious

Thanksgiving songs they learned in school...so cute

Then the girls wanted in on the action....

 

Another big, fun, Thanksgiving....now it's time to get ready for Christmas!!!