Christmas in Hayesville 2010

Kelly & I packed the car and headed to the mountains of NC to spend time with his family for Christmas! Little did we know the adventure we'd go through to get to his parents' house! We took both cars for various reasons.... I had never driven through snow.... however - for me, this was a semi-blizzard! Our 1.5 hour trip took us 3 hours going about 20 mph on Hwy 515. Once we made it there safely, it took about 24-hours for my nerves to settle.... We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Hayesville and were thrilled to make it back home safely! We did get to come home to the snow that Atlanta had received - it was the most gorgeous white ChristmasI've seen in a very long time!

Hayesville got 5 inches of snow - isn't it gorgeous?!

playtime with daddy!

The dogs really enjoyed playing in the snow!

Home Sweet Home

Kaitlynn & daddy checking out the snow in Atlanta!

Visit from Santa Claus!

This was our first year spending Christmas Eve & Christmas morning at home! We thoroughly enjoyed our time together, especially the anticipation of Christmas morning for Kaitlynn! We went to our Christmas Eve service @ 4:00pm - let Kaitlynn play in the nursery while we enjoyed the service. Had a pizza dinner, along with our Christmas together..... Christmas morning - watching Kaitlynn's eyes light up was definitely my most favorite memory!

Christmas Eve walk with our girls

Kaitlynn made her first paper ornament in the Christmas Eve nursery at our church!

Christmas Eve - getting ready for Santa Claus!

Kaitlynn was SO excited to see all the things Santa left for her!

Yum Yum!! Santa liked our choice - oreos & chocolate milk :o)

Kaitlynn - super excited about her new toys! Especially her princess chair!

Christmas morning family photo!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year!!

Love,

Kelly, Kristen, Kaitlynn, Willa Grace & Sadie Mae

Christmas with Grandpa 2010

This is our first year staying home Christmas Eve & Christmas morning! With that being said.... we took advantage of spending some quality time with my dad here in Atlanta! He came over for breakfast this morning & to spend time with us and miss Kaitlynn :o)

Kaitlynn LOVES Mickey Mouse & books!! Grandpa & Zully gave her lots of Mickey Mouse & books for Christmas this year!! She was beyond excited :o)

Christmas in Greenville 2010

This past weekend, we spent time in Greenville for Christmas!! It was great getting to see everyone in one quick weekend. I ended up staying in town with Kaitlynn & our two dogs while Kelly headed back Monday evening for work on Tuesday. I was able to see one of my dearest friends - Mary. She is now living in Denver, Colorado and it had been an entire year since we'd seen each other - sad! Needless to say - it didn't seem like an entire year had passed.... didn't even seem like a month had past since we saw each other last.