Carter Christmas

After all of that cooking, Kayleigh serves, and serves...and serves!

She was in her best Chef mode, had no Chef hat so made one of her pajama bottoms~ works!

(remember pour pour pour?)

Kayleigh's Kitchen!! she cooks and cooks~ and cooks~ and serves!!!

Braydon in his animated excitement~

Tyson does TRUCKS! Big ones, little ones, emergency vehicles, construction trucks, he can operate them ALL!

Waiting for *the word* to come downstairs!

Has Santa been?

My best guess for this scenario is that the boys had to make their beds before they could come downstairs, Tyson is completely done and Braydon is just starting!

Of course Dad had to help Santa complete the work!

Check out the grin!

This is a HUGE gift Heather!

There you have it~ two estatic boys with their new TV for their room!

Christmas Eve

Nothing prepares you for the great love you have for the children of your children!

Meacham Christmas

Marc and Cathy Meacham

Jonathan, Christina (exchange student), Sarah, Cathy and Marc!
Merry Christmas to our upstate New York family!

Paris Christmas!

Live Scenes, The Life of Jesus

This event, sponsored by a local Church, was totally incredible! It was a *drive through tour*, with music (real voices), different scenes depicting actors playing the parts representing the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I've never seen or heard anything so magnificent! The human side was that it was freezing yet these folks continued to play their respective parts for the many cars driving through! It was so huge they had to have policemen at the entrance for crowd control! Sky was giving us a play by play (in the car) of each event, most captured here with exception of Jesus walking on water (in an actual pond, too far out to get a good picture)

Christmas Peace

Santa was at Sky's Church Christmas Program!

Mama Karen is out of the wheelchair, off the oxygen and enjoying the event!

Looking Good!!

Singing are MaryLou, Daniel, Sky, CJ, Becky, Morgan and Austin!

Afterward we had a nice reception, Sky and I made a special Christmas Cheese Ball!

(It was consumed fast)

Our Annual Luminary Drive favorite in Holly Springs!

Also an annual event is the drive through Flowers Baking Company display!

This is my personal favorite, especially the angels in the background.

It is not clear in a picture, but the actual scene is set to music and the angels in the trees

slowly light up, is an awesome sight.

Christmas Past

James and Geraldine Carter, Ranes and Blace's Paternal Grandparents

1976, my cowgirl and her brother with his first *slinky!*

1980

I have discovered, after 50 years of picture taking, that the pictures that didn't make it to an album or in a frame~~ keep popping up everywhere, the rest of your life! You have to know what I mean, they are too good to toss (who can toss a pic) and they keep showing up!! It seems I would simply track down the album with old Christmas pics, but these will do just fine! I can even smell the peppermint and hot chocolate!

Ranes age 6, 1976

His dream was a Banana Seat Bike

and he covered at least a million miles with it!

Blace, age almost 2, 1976

Baby Buggies have come a LONG way!

This one got pushed many miles too!

(check out the floor model TV, the orange walls and burnt orange carpet)

It's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas!!

Ranes and (as he puts it) *My beautiful wife Heather!*

I call it Ranes and my beautiful daughter-in-law, Heather!

Families and Friends are entertained~~

~~by adorable little children!

Great Job Kayleigh!!

Christmas Is Coming!

Tyson, Kayleigh and Braydon checking out *thousand dollar* Christmas Trees!

New Sleds In Use!

I also have a few movies of this, too cute and TOO fun!!!

Braydon's Christmas performance at school!

I wasn't there in person but was connected via phone so got to actually HEAR the beautiful songs as well as the audience reaction (especially Kayleigh who was overwhelmed to have her Ganma on the phone (we did chat a bit, how could I resist?)

Daddy's Girl!

Christmas At Work!

What a great time we had~ not sure what was best, the food, the gifts, the games, the fellowship or the FUN. We enjoyed it all to the hilt! Some folks were camera shy, so you have to look carefully to see their spirits moving around.

The wildest game is saved for last!! We roll dice one at the time, when doubles are hit you get to don the fuzzy gloves, a long scarf and start the task of trying to open a tightly wrapped package.....until someone else gets doubles...... and you are quickly robbed of all!

Then the REAL fighting begins!

(I won.. only because I got doubles at a good time)

Pam (Resident Interior Decorator), Denise (Clinician Boss), Linda (the BossBoss), Theresa, (The Angel), Tere (the Boss), Mae Eva (Mother Earth) and LAZY SUSAN! (the one we love lots)

Chinese Gift Auction

(yes, we fought a tiny bit)

Susan, Bonnie, Denise and Kim

Tere, Pam, Betty and Brenda

ENJOYED IT YOU GUYS!!