Crutchfield Family Christmas

We rushed out of my parents house to head up to the cabin before the ice and snow set in! The closer we got to Lake Burton the lower the temperature got.






We arrived just in time for the roads to start accumulating snow! We immediately took a family picture and began opening presents.








Now it is time to open more presents!
















Great Grandma knows what I like!!


Of course we can't forget the big kids presents!

Money Family Christmas

After enjoying Christmas at our house we packed up the car and headed to my parents house! My sister and her kids were with us this year. Of course my dad had yummy omlets waiting for us. After full bellies we began the madness of opening presents. I actually loved every minute of it!



I am waiting for Caroline to send me some of the pictures she took of the kids in the outfits!! So stay tuned for more pajama pictures.





Yes that is my pregnant sister in the background. I think Hannah was enjoying Christmas too. She was full of movement!!


Now he has a backpack like sister!!


Checking out Grandmas calendar.


Always helping Grandaddy.


The Boys playing together!!


Showing Grandaddy how it works!!





Can't get enough of trains!!


Thanks Grandma and Grandaddy for my cool leap pad set!!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning started off with us having to wake up our kids!









James was not sure he liked getting woken up. Once. He made it down stairs he realized this was a good thing. Santa had eaten all of his cookies and drank his milk..the best part was he left presents!



Ansley got her cardboard castle which she began coloring immediately. Mommy and Daddy gave her caboodle full of art supplies.









James got a truck from Santa and some building magnets from mommy and daddy! His first word into the room was "car!" He didn't get out of the car until it was time to head to Grandma and Grandaddy's.

Christmas Eve'

Christmas Eve was full of new traditions and old ones!!! Bob spent most of the day with my dad shopping for a new TV. After about 5 hours my parents have a new TV to hang over the mantle. I am pretty sure my husband had more fun than my dad!!
The kids and I delivered presents and had a quiet lunch with my mom. The rest of the day consisted of cleaning up the house and preparing for Santa and Jesus birthday!!!
One tradition we started this year was making Christmas stockings!! I wasn't sure how well this would work but the kids really enjoyed it and made really cute stockings!!


I am hoping to have the kids make one each Christmas Eve!! When Bob got home from shopping we made some yummy cookies for Santa in our newly renovated kitchen!!!!











Once we finished up making cookies we got in our Sunday best and headed to church to celebrate baby Jesus!! The kids service is special to my heart since two years ago my eight day old baby got to play baby Jesus in the service. This year James was a sheep and Ansley was an Angel. They both sat so nicely on the stage and listened to Rev. Shannon tell the story!! After a beautiful service we came home and the kids went right to bed. I think it was an all time record on the fasted bedtime and sleep time!!!

Cute Pictures

I was able to bribe the kids into the chapel at church on Sunday to get some Christmas pictures. I think this is as good as it will get this year. Next year the goal will be to get them looking at the camera at the same time.

Excuse the powdered donut lips

Ornament Exchange

Every year we get together with my side of the family and play the ornament exchange game! It is tons of fun. This year was the best. The kids are all at the age where they can play together. The boys loved watching the big boys play. Ansley gets so shy and silly around the boys but ends up chatting about them for days!!I am feeling many days this summer we might be getting together!
Of course, I got a cute ornament and the minute Ansley went to put it on the tree it accidentally fell and lost its legs. I will be taking great strides to glue the legs back on!! Just another ornament that didn't survive the Christmas season.