More Snow!

Caden will not know how to act when there comes a week or day without snow! We had snow again on Tuesday of this week!

Christmas Day with Nichols

Christmas Day after all the snow and ice started to melt, we left for Conroe to celebrate with my parents and family.

Here is Caden anxiously awaiting the gift opening at GiGi and Poppa's.Caden, Lane and Bella posing in front of the fireplace.

Nannie (Dad's Mom) with Bella and Caden.

Caden got an entire set of dump trucks, a front end loader, eighteen wheeler and other construction equipment from GiGi and Poppa. He loves them and pushes them all over the place.

Here are the kids tearing into their presents.
This is a picture of me taking a picture of Kari taking a picture of me!

He hit the mother load on 'trucks and cars' from GiGi and Poppa. This is an eighteen wheeler loaded with cars and trucks. It has construction equipment and signs that he can put up for when there are people working on the road. He can lift open the sides and store his Hot Wheels on both sides of the truck.

He also got a horse to ride on from them. Here he is as he's about to fall!

He loves his Mickey Mouse cell phone and asks Tim and me to talk to Mickey all the time!

We all got pretty tired about halfway through the present opening and we actually had to take a time out! Caden paused with Poppa while we had some dessert and got ready for round 2!

Dad got some shells for his gun so Caden was playing with one.

I commented to Tim that he was not taking pictures so after I had already opened up the beautiful bracelet and earrings from Kari and Scott, I 'faked my excitement' again so he could snap a picture!

Scott, always the prankster!
Tim got a shop vac from Kari and Scott so Caden had to sit on it to open more presents.
Bella and Lane with Bella's gift from us.
We got Lane a Nerf sword that he loved!

Tim and I got a dust buster from Mom and Dad and I was most excited to get it! I plugged it in right when we got home and have used it every day since!

GiGi and Poppa with their very tired grandkids!
Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad and us Sisters!
Bella Boo and GiGi

'Mommy sit down, you look a little tired.'

Bella Blue Eyes
Three Tired Kiddos Under The Tree!

We had a great time in Conroe and were so glad the weather did not stop us from going! Thank you all for the gifts and fun.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning

Tim's Mom (Grammie) came over on Christmas Eve and stayed the night with us. We had so much fun opening gifts and playing in the snow!

Here is Tim getting the fire going before our gifts were opened.We told Caden it was time to open gifts so he ran over to his toy box and sat down.

Grammie got Caden a keyboard with a microphone on it. He was very entertained with it as were we!

Kisses with Grammie!

Grammie collects roosters and chickens in her kitchen so this was the gift we gave her. I'm not sure who was more excited about it!

Here is all the loot he got from Grammie! A table and chairs, Elmo gloves, a firehouse, gator golf, a keyboard and some Crayola books with markers! He raked it in!

After we opened gifts we noticed it was snowing really hard! Tim snapped some pictures of Caden and me playing in the snow!

We loved that we had a white Christmas Eve!
It was pretty thick!

On Christmas morning Caden came into the living room to see all the gifts Santa left him. He squatted down to choose just the right gift to open first.

He got a Ford model truck that looks just like Daddy's truck! He loves it and pushes it everywhere.

He also got a Hot Wheels track that shoots the cars over a model city. It is the coolest gift! Caden loves it and we totally ignored (on purpose) the age requirement of 5 years old! WHATEVER! Caden is totally capable of turning it on and pulling the lever to launch those cars. Oh, and he does not put stuff in his mouth either!

Daddy opening his gifts!
My turn!
Grammie and Caden with their Christmas bows.
Kisses from my favorite present in the world!

Daddy got some reindeer corn (candy corn in Christmas colors) in his stocking so Caden had to have some too.

He also got a figure eight track with a train and caboose. It goes through a safari jungle and came with a little man who is the guide, an elephant and a lion!

Here is Caden with all his Santa loot!

Wordless Wednesday Winner: Lundy!

Um.... excuse me, but that is NOT how you ride on a ladybug.
Watch and learn my friend!

Northpark with Grammie

Today Grammie and Melanie and the kiddos headed to Northpark Mall. I told Tim that Caden will not know how to act when he comes home and we don't visit a mall every day!

Here they all are looking at the train exhibit at Northpark.
Mount Rushmore!
Posing for a picture! I love his conductor hat!
Very cool trains!
I'm sure Caden was in HEAVEN!
Here he is with Blake. Super cute hat!
Pointing at all the trains.
Getting pushed around through the exhibit.
Thanks Grammie for another wonderful mall outing! Caden loves trains so I'm sure he'll have lots to tell us when he gets home!