The Caddy's Shack: December 2010

Each year it seems I rush, rush, rush around to get everything ready for Christmas, and it still always sneaks up on me. Our plans got changed a little this year due to the SNOW, so we didn't get to see all our relatives this year. Sad, but it was nice to slow down and enjoy just being with our children.

The Christmas celebrations started at Nana & Pepaw's with the kids' cousins.

Our sweet nieces, Mia & Macyn

This is Macyn's FIRST Christmas

Chatting on the phone

Check out my new tractor!

Um, Dad. I think you're a little too big.

Cara loved feeding her new baby doll.

Nana with her baby girls.

Like most people, we leave a snack for Santa on Christmas Eve. After church, we dressed the children in their Christmas pjs and took pictures with the special Christmas plate Aunt Beth got us several years ago. Surprisingly, the kids actually cooperated and smiled for the camera. I know, shocking!

Cara is ready for church.

I know, he looks so sweet and innocent. What's that about?

The Cadwallader Clan

Two of Santa's helpers

Someone loves his baby sister.

Isn't this the coolest plate ever!

Always the ham.

Yea, so I ate all of Santa's cookies and we had to leave Moon Pies instead. Welcome to the South, Santa!

The boys left food for Santa's reindeer outdoors.

On Christmas Day, we spent the morning with the children watching their faces light up with each gift. Harrison was the most fun. He LOVED EVERYTHING!!! "Mom, look, I got underwear!" Didn't matter what it was, he was excited.

Where's Cara?

"Okay, someone help me here!

CUPCAKES!

Santa's big gift this year was a play kitchen. What three good looking chefs we have!

After nap time (for the kids and MOMMY) we headed in the SNOW over to Mom and Dad's at the lake for more presents and family.

Cara is obsessed with being a princess right now. Guess it was a good thing she got two new tutus for Christmas.

The snow on the trees and waterfront was gorgeous!

The kids' favorite gift was the whoopie cushions Chris put in their stockings. His one mistake? He only got two. Little miss was left out and she was MAD!

Back to his normal face.

Helping Aunt Andrea with her presents.

Big Dan, what do you have in there?

Chef Nicholas

And not to be left out... Chef Cara

Andrea made this for Big Dan's garage.

Big Mama and her granddaughter

Our Family

Nick was being a big dork and refusing to cooperate, so I cropped him out of the picture. Don't the four of us look nice?

Here's all of us - again Nick with the dork face.

So we had SNOW on Christmas for the first time in like 40 years. It was so pretty and peaceful watching it fall. Of course we got stuck in my dad's driveway and had to be pulled out by the tractor. Still... the kids had a ball. I enjoyed driving Nick's 4-wheeler up and down the road. Thinking I'm going to need an adult sized one for me and Toph.

Uncle Dan took the boys for a ride on the BIG 4-wheeler