A Charlotte Christmas Tradition

Friday night was the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at one of our area malls.  We enjoyed dinner at the mall and seeing all the beautiful decorations inside before we went out to see the big tree.  I can already tell that my niece Emma (a future shop-a-holic like her mother) will be drawn into all the commercialization of Christmas because she loves to see the beautiful displays in the store windows.  While we tried to take pictures of the kids in front of the big tree, their eyes were all drawn to a giant screen showing "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."  It was actually a nice night and not too cold like in past years. 

Here are a few pictures we captured of the tradition:


The Great Tree



Emma with two of her favorite boys, Evan and Reade.  And where was Lanny?  He abandoned us for the movie!



Emma with baby brother Reade.



Mommy and Evan check out the lights.



The Christmas photography begins again!



Daddy and Evan are ready for Christmas!



All the kids in a picture...it's a miracle!  Notice how their eyes are not on the camera.  The movie was in front of them. 



Evan finds Santa!