'Twas the weekend before Christmas... no rest for the weary

The day after Carter's "dip" in the lake... he went skiing with Bryan, and a friend from church. They headed WAY up north almost to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is a yearly trip (great deal at the resort) and they had a BLAST!!The morning after they got back Bryan and I left for the eastern side of Michigan for a friend's wedding... our hotel was right on the river. Just over the river was CANADA!!!Scott and Derrick were both in our wedding ... Bryan and Scott were in Derrick's wedding.... now Bryan and Derrick are in Scott's wedding!!Come on Scott... let's go... (It was SOOOO COLD - words can't even say how cold - for this picture)
Scott and his beautiful bride...
A blessing from the parents

After the reception.... or part of it... we had to leave for our 4 1/2 hour drive home!! (We left the next morning for Christmas vacation!)

Christmas Spirit...so I've been gone a while!

SO BEFORE the heart stopping events of my last post... we had some Christmas spirit goin' on around here...
The stocking made by my momma... aren't they great!!!

Our GIGANTICALLY fat tree stuffed in the corner between the couch and TV. Notice the angled ceiling... so the angel didn't fit on top I had to use a bow instead. (We actually found a "slim" tree a few days before Christmas at Target for only $15!!! (75% the price of a display model) So we don't have to leave branches off the back to make it fit like we do on this one!!!!
We cleared out some boys... I mean toys...

Sang Christmas songs at our church...

Well Carter was "supposed" to be singing...

Not sure why he looks so sad here?.... I guess he's not one for the stage (Yeah right!)

We also took "goodies" to the nurses on the floor Hayden was on when he had to stay overnight in the hospital a few days before Thanksgiving. We also took a bag of toys..(new- not the ones we cleared out from the earlier picture) for the kids to have to play with while there. The nurses gave Hayden so much to play with and it made it a lot more fun for him.