Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

At this time of year, I have to always steal the line from N'Sync's Christmas song--Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! What a wonderful/classic song! What a wonderful Christmas The Carlton's had this year, too!  I feel like for a month--we run non-stop to find the perfect gift for the ones we love the most.  Then in a flash of a light, the day is done and we're trying to catch our breath from the wonderful Christmas day!

Craig and I are so blessed to be surrounded by both of our families. Here is a quick run down on our Christmas extravaganzas:  We had dinner and gift exchanging at Craig's family on Christmas Eve followed by the Christmas Eve Service at church.  Today, we exchanged presents with each other, gift exchanged with my parents/sister and then attended our Christmas Day church service.  After church, we went back to my sisters for gift exchange with the WHOLE family and lunch!  It sure was a blast getting to spend the day with our nephew, Brayden; he sure was fun this year!  We then, went to visit and see Craig's family at his parents house.  Can you tell all we do is run around on Christmas day? I definitely can't complain because we're extremely lucky to have both sets of our parents around and able to spend time with everyone.

Now, we're sitting on the couch trying to catch our breath and relax for what's left of Christmas day, as well as thinking of all the blessings we have in our life! Nothing can beat spending time with family and the ones you love most.  I hope you all are taking a minute to relax and reflect on the any blessings you have in your life!

We hope you all have had a VERY Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Carlton's and

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Tis the Season

Tis the season for warm beverages, cute scarves, and a continuous to do list. I sure do love this time of year. I can't believe November has passed with only one post--but November flew and it was Thanksgiving! Time to travel with family and begin getting ready for one of the biggiest holidays of the year.  Although at times it has seemed I don't have time to think about what comes next, I continue to still enjoy the decorations, family time, and giving to the ones I love the most.  Since Thanksgiving in North Carolina with family, my life hasn't slowed down even though my body wants to.  From shopping to Christmas parties--it always seems to be something.

The Carlton's have lead an exciting December and have enjoyed getting ready for the holidays.  Christmas decorating, shopping, and weekend day vacations have kept us exhausted. We have decided to enjoy this week of relaxing and well..doing NOTHING. (Besides a little online shopping, of course!)

School continues to keep me on my toes. Twenty-two kindergartens always have something in mind for me. I can't believe the second nine weeks is half way over and we're already sending out progress reports.  I continue to lose track of time. As for Craig, he is still out of work with his wrist and at times wants to go crazy sitting at home.  He heads back to the doctor on the 22nd of December so let's keep our fingers crossed he'll be released for work again!

Well, it's off to watch a few ABC Family Christmas movies and enjoy myself a cup of hot choocolate.
I will leave you with a few photos of the crazy life we live.

The past month or so in a nut shell:

Colonial Williamsburg Grand Illumination

The Carlton's in Williamsburg

 Christmas Town

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!