Snow!

We received several inches of snow on Friday night. We mostly enjoyed a lazy day staying warm inside, but we did get the kids out for a little while. Clara wasn't very impressed.

Poor thing had to wear blue because it was the warmest thing we had for her. I did adorn it with a pink pacifier. Clara enjoyed watching her brother act silly. Caleb loved sliding down the slick slide.

Here's Caleb playing baseball with a tennis ball and golf club...

Daddy and Caleb having some fun in the snow.

Mea Mea joined us for some outside fun too! Thanks to Mea Mea for making us yummy chili for dinner!

Circus!

We took Caleb to the Big Top on Saturday night with some friends from church. We ate at Spaghetti Factory and then walked over to the Sommet Center. Here's the gang on Broadway outside an ice cream shop.

Ready for the circus! Caleb was super excited to see elephants and tigers.

My smart friend brought in juice boxes and snacks for the kids so we didn't have to buy $20 drinks and cotton candy. Caleb was partial to the blue Ring Pops.

The elephant finale! The show started at 7 and lasted for 2 hours, so Caleb was exhasted by the end of the night, but he loved every minute. Seth and I loved seeing pure joy on his face. Thanks to Meagan for keeping Clara!

Christmas in Kingsport

We traveled to Kingsport the day after Christmas for a holiday visit with the Goods.

Wonderful Christmas Chaos

The two crazy cousins - shown here decorated as dogs - enjoyed playing and fighting with each other. It is a joy to see them play, but we all felt like we needed a recording going with statements such as "No," Share," "1, 2, 3" ... well you get the idea. It was cold outside so that limited the activity options. We found solace with the television.

The cousins

Clara & Grandpa

Christmas with GranWises

We were very excited to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in our own home, and we were even more excited to have the GranWises and Mea Mea with us.

Christmas Morning

Caleb had asked Santa for a Thomas Train. We swear he's had several but we couldn't locate one in the house that works with his train table, so we supported his Christmas wish. When Caleb found it Christmas morning, he immediately took it upstairs and added it to his collection.

I love this picture because Clara is playing in Caleb's tent and Caleb is playing with Clara's ball popper. I guess this is just the start of not being happy with your own things.

Caleb received a cool guitar from Mea Mea.

The best present of the year is on top!

Christmas Eve

We went to Christmas Eve service at our church. Here's our best attempt at a family photo.

Caleb with Jesus' birthday cake. Happy Birthday Jesus!

Caleb and Daddy reading the Christmas story.

Cookies for Santa!

Looking A Lot Like Christmas

Caleb has been a joy this Christmas season. He sees lights on houses and says, "Look Mama - Christmas!" or "Happy Birthday Jesus!" Let me tell you, it's hard to not be in the Christmas spirit with him around.

Seth's mom has been buying Seth a Hallmark car ornament each year since he was a little boy. Caleb didn't agree that these were ornaments though. We did hang them on a little tree in Caleb's room - a pretty cool tree for a little boy!

Clara might not know what is going on, but we can still dress her up in cute holiday outfits!