Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Christmas 2018

On Christmas Eve, we hung out at my parents' house and had dinner there.  When we ordered our groceries online prior to Christmas, we didn't realize that the gingerbread houses weren't assembled yet (womp, womp).  We'd learned in the past, that the kind you can find at Costco is the best - it's preassembled and all you have to do is decorate!  The poor kids were bummed that the houses wouldn't stay together using the (sorry excuse for) icing that came in the kit.  We made the best of it and just decorated the walls individually.  I think Colin just liked eating the icing and the candy. 



After dinner, it was time to get ready for Santa to come!

Totally Psyched!




We make them wait at the top of the stairs so one of us can catch their reaction when the first see all of the gifts.

This year, Colin was way more stoked about all of the things he received.




She wanted a prank kit so badly.

Survivor Buffs!






Sporting his new Big Walnut sweatshirt from Grandma and Poppa

He was ecstatic to receive a phone (iPod Touch)


And for some reason, Cadence wanted a stuffed animal sloth!

We had an awesome Christmas Day - it's always so relaxed and full of good food.  It's fun to bounce from house to house & move at our own pace.  We play with the new toys and games and devour as many cookies as we can.  Once all the hecticness preceding Christmas day subsides, it's fun to just soak it all in and chill out.

Friday, January 25, 2019

Hamilton Christmas

After a strange rash appeared all over Cadence following her bout with strep throat, we got the "all clear" from the doctor to head to Hamilton to celebrate Gracie's 10th birthday and Christmas with Danny's family.  I was nervous she had a weird reaction to her antibiotic, or even worse, Scarlet Fever!  Luckily, the doctor thought it was just some strange aftermath of the strep.  It would've broken my heart if I had to tell the kids that we had to stay quarantined in Columbus.

We headed down there after lunch on Saturday, stayed the night, and headed back to Columbus after dinner on Sunday.  We had a very nice visit!

I think we made 3 different types of cookies that weekend: the pan version of chocolate chip cookies (with raisins) that the kids love, oatmeal raisin, and peanut butter blossoms (ya know, the ones with Hershey Kisses).  At this specific point in time, Danny's mom and I had Lily and Colin's help.

We exchanged gifts with Danny's parents Sunday morning before the cousins arrived.



Danny's grandparents were also in town.  Nanny helped show Cadence how to cross stitch.



Another batch of cookies with Mamaw!



He's such a sweet goof!





Cousin time!










Cozy with Papaw