Christmas Fun!

WARNING: Picture overload!

We had a great Christmas this year. Cade totally understood everything and had been literally counting down the days until Christmas! And Emmy, well, she is just excited if Cade is excited:)
We spread our Christmas celebrations out over the course of about four days between Heath's family and mine. Needless to say, by the end we were WORN OUT! Poor Cade was so fired up that he barely ate or slept for about three of those four days- all he wanted to do was play! We are so blessed and I really tried to soak in every memory this year, as I know that these precious years fly by way to fast!

Our Tree

"Henry" our Elf cam back!

Wen Wen and Brad brought Candyland- I love it as much as Cade:)

I was proud that my gifts matched this year. It is always my goal, but never happens!

Christmas Eve:

We started off the day at our house. I cooked breakfast and Wendy, Brad and my dad were there with us!

At the Thornes on Christmas Eve. We had a delicious dinner there and opened gifts with Heath's family. Cade and Emmy must have been extra good this year, because they really racked up:)

Of course Pam let Cade use her nice goblet- ha! That is the kind of thing Grandmas let you get away with...

Emmy like Cade's new camping binoculars

Heath LOVES Candy Cigarettes...random I know! They are really hard to find (I wonder why...maybe because they are CANDY that look like CIGARETTES!) His mom always fills his stocking with them:)

Guess who loved them as much as her Daddy? Do they make a patch for candy cig addicts?

Cade can't wait to go camping with his new sleeping bag!

Christmas Day:

E loves her new stroller. It is bigger than she is...Santa did not realize this as it was in a box until assembled:)

This is Cade's favorite new toy: the Batcave. He saw a commercial for it back in October, and was just sure that this was one of the main things he wanted from Santa. He plays with it everyday.

Sweet baby bed

maybe just a sip...why isn't anything coming out???

These were in her stocking

"Your turn, Daddy!"

Christmas at Grandma Thorne's- she always cooks a delicious brunch!

Day after Christmas:

My mom and Grandma came over (and I forgot to get a pic, but I know my mom has one!). We were SO glad to see G-Jo, as she lives in Atlanta so we don't get to see her near enough!

My mom got the kids this 50's diner. It is so cute. We have been grilling lots of burgers and hotdogs:)

We went back to the Thornes that night to celebrate the engagement of Heath's sweet cousin Lacy and her new fiance Ray! Congrats!

We had a couple more stops in between that I forgot to take pictures of. Now you know why we were tired- ha!

Happy Birthday Jesus! Thank you for blessing us with wonderful family to spend the holidays with!