What an eventful Christmas we had with the Hall side of the Family! The fun began on Christmas Eve when we had a fish fry. Corey (Charles' brother) was able to come in town at the last minute, so we were all excited to have everyone home for Christmas! Cindy and Fred worked hard getting all the plans in place and we were all there: Cindy, Fred, Charles, Stacy, Cade, Corey, Christopher, and Heather. It was so fun to all be together! Before we left that night, Charles read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to keep the family tradition alive. Charles Grandmother, "Mumps", read this each year, and Charles has taken up the tradition ever since Mumps has passed. A few years, he read it to just me. Last year, he read it to Mackenzie and Cade at the Parks' Family Christmas, and this year to the Hall Family. We look forward to the tradition growing and his audience increasing!
Christmas Day was of course filled with even MORE excitement and was one of my Favorite Christmas' so far. The excitement of the day and seeing Cade's face really reminded me of the Magic I used to fill as a child. I loved watching him open gifts and smile when we mentioned Santa. He is truly a happy lil boy. I do look forward to him being a little older and actually learning the real reason for the holiday though. Santa is cool, but Jesus is SO MUCH COOLER! Once we opened Santa and had breakfast, we were shortly joined by the rest of the family at our house for the afternoon and evening. We enjoyed a brisket dinner with mashed potatoes, cheese grits, green beans, crescent rolls, and fruit salad. For dessert we had my "Aunt Dora's Big Red Cake" with peppermint ice cream. It was very yummy and I am still enjoying left overs! After dinner, we opened gifts with the family. It was a very memorable night for everyone.
Waking up on Christmas Morning
Christmas morning with Mommy in our Jammies!
My little angel's smile after he saw what Santa brought him! I laughed SO HARD when he looked at me like this!
Santa even visited Baylor since he was on the "Nice" list!
Checking out his stocking gifts!
Let's Play ball...and yes, I have balls all over my house and have almost rolled my ankle on the bat several times already!
Santa also got creative this year and thought it would be funny to get Cade a punching bag in the form of a horse. So, here is Daddy "prepping" the horse...if that's what you want to call it...
Just Cade's height!
Another visit from "Santa" occurred when Gam-ee and Gramp-ee came over! Imagine that! Santa round 2 had Cade's very own rocking chair and a chalk/color board for Cade. He was one very excited little man!
Gift Guarding
Baylor Bowl shirts! We will be sporting these at the Texas Bowl on Wednesday!! HHeeeyyyyyy SIC 'EM BEARS!
Cade stacking his mega blocks in the back of his truck
More gifts for our good little Baylor!
Cade opening gifts
Even Nana and Papa shipped some books for Cade under the tree. Of course, our spoiled lil angel will get more gifts once we go to visit them soon!
2 comments:
Christmas with kids is so fun! Glad yall had a merry Christmas!
Love that red hair! Looks like ya'll had a very merry and blessed Christmas!
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