Saturday, December 29, 2012

Christmas part two

We went to Kiki and Pop’s house for Christmas and had a wonderful time with all our cousins!

Aunt Gina and Colin

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Kaitlin had a smile on her face all day!! All her cousins were such good sports to play with her and they even had a treasure hunt for Captain Hook!! It is so fun to see them all interact together!

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Colin getting some attention

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All the cousins!

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Colin and Pop

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Mamaw and all her great grand children!!

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Colin got the hang of the present thing!!

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All the kids!!

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The grandkids with Kiki and Pop

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We were sad to leave but had such a great day!! We had an amazing lunch and hit the road back to Ohio! We made it back with no stops in record time!

Christmas Day part one

Christmas Day was very special and extra crazy this year! We had planned to drive back the day after Christmas but changed ALL of our plans after seeing the forecast for snow in Ohio! We were thankful to be in Tennessee for Christmas and make to back to Ohio for the snow!

Kaitlin was so excited about Christmas that she got up at 9:00!! We were all waiting on her and she was so happy when she finally woke up!

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Santa came and left everyone some goodies!

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Kaitlin started asking for “Bucky” the pirate ship on November 1st and never waivered or second guessed that request! Although she added a Dr’s bag request last minute … Santa is very good at knowing Kaitlin’s preference in toys!

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Colin and Didi!

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Kaitlin was so cute and so excited about every present she was given! She said “ I love it and it is perfect!!” for almost every present! At one point during the morning she declared it the best day ever!

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Kaitlin was so excited about her new princess castle! DSC_0102

Me and my princess pirate!

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Colin had fun opening his present!! He loved the wrapping paper

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Aunt Ray playing with “Bucky” the pirate ship!

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We were so thankful for everyone changing plans and we were able to see Uncle Judd and Granny Jo and Papa Rodge before leaving town! We had to miss the yummy dinner with everyone but it was great to visit Christmas morning!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with Kory’s family and had a wonderful time! Kaitlin and her cousins decorated mugs and did some crafts while the adults had a wonderful meal!

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Kaitlin was so loved and had plenty of attention!

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Colin did great and got lots of love!

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We left cookies and Coke Zero for Santa! It was a wonderful Christmas Eve and it was so much fun for everyone!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Skating with Cousins

It is a tradition that Pop takes everyone skating before Christmas!Kaitlin went skating with her cousins for her 2nd year and had a great time! Kaitlin stayed until they closed for the night! She loved the Zamboni that cleaned the ice and took a break for some snacks! 

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All the girl cousins! What a cute group!

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Kaitlin and Kory

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Kaitlin had a great time and I am so glad she got to spend some time having fun with her cousins!

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Colin and Aunt Ray stayed home and watched Sound of Music! He loved it and was quite interested in the songs! He still has a few years before he can skate!

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Let it Snow

We have been in Knoxville for Christmas and had to change plans and come home early due to a snow storm! We got home safe last night and it has snowed all day! We are so thankful to be safe and not traveling on the snowy roads today!

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Colin’s 1st snow

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Kaitlin and her 8th snow!

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We got home late last night to an empty refrigerator! I had cleaned it out before we left for Christmas! Kory made it to Wal-Mart and got us food for several days! He also was smart and grabbed some sleds!

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They had the best day! They went sledding, made snow angels, and had many snowball fights!

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I am not sure who had more fun!

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They also built a snow unicorn

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Kaitlin really helped Kory and was a great worker!

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The finished product! Kaitlin was so proud!

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So much fun

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Colin had a great snow day!

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We had a fun day in the snow! That is all the snow I need for the year! Looks like more snow on Saturday!