Christmas with "Us"!

The boys are changed after church and ready for fun Christmas activities at Nana and Bopa's(They've always written "Us" on the from part of gift tags, hence the blog title)!
Carson and Daddy sit for a minute!

Then Carson tries his trick riding skills!

And here's the little daredevil standing on the pony!

Cade throws his ball down the stairs!

And he's so excited that Daddy went to get the ball!

Carson and Cade enjoy the pony ride!

GG and Big Papa enjoy watching the little ones with their presents!

GGD Bob gets a big hug!

Great Granddaddy and Great Grandmama enjoy the children!

Suzanne will have our nephew in 2 days!

Bopa reads from Luke Chapter 2 in the Bible!

The children have handed out all the gifts!

Cade and Carson open the first ones - it's these fun trucks from Uncle Ned, Aunt Suzanne, and Suzi!

Suzi takes a picture or two!

The children crowd around Nana and her new toys!

GG and Big Papa are excited to get a 2009 calendar from the twins!

So are their other great grandparents!!

Bopa is opening fun gifts that the grandchildren love!

Carson loves Bopa's Mickey Mouse sippie cups - Bopa got 3 of them and Nana got Mickey and Minnie Mouse plates for the grandchildren!

Suzi is pushing Carson in his new dump truck!

Daddy shows Cade and Carson their John Deere stockings full of good books and DVDs!

Carson and Suzi run for the tractors from Nana and Bopa! Cade was already on his because he ran so fast - the crazy little tractor-loving boy!

Cade and Carson were so excited!

"Show us how to make 'em go!"

Suzi figured it out as soon as she got on!

Cade, Carson and Suzi love their toys!

Here we go!

Daddy keeps us on the path!

Time for 3 kids in a tub!

Cade, Suzi, and Carson are so cute!

Bopa plays with Carson!

Nana and Bopa just gave us this last Christmas present - cute penguin pjs to match with fun furry Elmo slippers!!!

Suzanne and Ned one more time before the baby comes Tuesday!

And Cade and Carson show off their cool Tonka trucks!!!!

Our 5th Wedding Anniversary!

It was our fifth anniversary on Saturday! What better way to spend it than going to another beautiful wedding for my cousin Matt and his new bride Katie! Sorry, no pictures of them - I was too busy chasing around these two to get many pictures! Kevin and I enjoyed a little date after the wedding thanks to Nana and Bopa for watching the children!
Nana helps us get the boys ready by sewing a button back on Carson's outfit. You'd think Strasburg would have sewed them on enough for us to wear twice. Kevin says it just goes to show how much better the Carter's outfits are! Guess we'll stick with the inexpensive cute clothes!

Suzi is so cute showing off her Christmas dress!

Suzi, Carson, and Cade watch people come and go at the wedding reception!

Cade is riding the little pony!

Nana and Carson are whistling at Cade!

Here's the Stockings at Nana and Bopa's House!

Friday Fun Christmas Parties!

The twins enjoy their snacks at Kevin's work children's Christmas Party!
Cade only got this close to Santa at this event. And Carson wouldn't even get this close! It gets further and further away all the different run-ins with the big guy! We did get a couple ok ones with Santa at Olan Mills and Santa at Picture People this season. The choo choo train ride was a big hit!

This is the Santa Hat that Santa Claus gave Carson at the Picture People!

And Cade doesn't like to put his on!

Here we are checking out the fish and Santa's Winter Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops between parties! Santa was there, too!
And we ate a yummy Seafood dinner with our adult Sunday School Class (maybe 30 or so of us)!

THe boys enjoyed eating ketchup with a straw while waiting for their food! It was a very late night for us! We didn't leave there til 9pm and the babies are usually in the cribs by 8pm!

Who's Helpful?

Here's Carson helping Mommy!

He loves to help Mommy!

He's such a big boy!

And guess what the OTHER baby was doing? Can't win 'em all, huh?

And let's end on a happy face!