Busy day at Huckaba's

  We went to get our Christmas tree today.  It is extremely snowy here as you can see.  We heard a sled was a good idea for this adventure, and it was.  Here is our checklist:  We got a tree.  check.  candy cane. check.  nap on the way home.  check. 

we had fun getting our tree today

Happy halloween

This was just before we headed out to go trick or treating.  We headed out on a different route this year and it paid off - very flat streets and minimal stairs and hills.  Happy Halloween for us!  Spiderman was a big hit and we all wore our glow necklaces.  When we got home, we even had some trick or treaters visit us!

Christmas Countdown

After watching Elmo's Christmas Countdown for the umpteenth time (not sure if that's a word), I realized that maybe I need my own countdown or check off list. When everything is done, that will be a christmas miracle in itself. This year here is what is on my list...

Buy presents
Wrap presents
mail presents
bake christmas cookies
get a tree
decorate tree
put up lights outside
order christmas cards
address christmas cards
mail christmas cards
clean house
write thank you notes
figure out a christmas dinner
christmas eve service at church
enjoy family at christmas

Some of these things seem obvious (enjoy family) others are not solely my job, I have help, but all said & done, there is a lot that goes with christmas. The part I am looking forward to the most is the family time at christmas. Everything else can get done hopefully before christmas.

this year I actually made christmas cookies. Not a ton because I don't want to eat them all myself, but some to make things festive. I divided them up in to 3 bins and froze them. 1 bin is for actual christmas day, so whatever we do that day, we will have cookies too!

Well, I just ordered the christmas cards, so the next thing to do is pick them up tomorrow. I hope to have them mailed by Saturday.....

Do you believe in santa?

Well he is at the mall. This is the same santa that we saw last year, and 2 years ago.

I do have to say, santa pictures are pricey. $25 gets you a 5x7, a 3x5 and 2 wallets. Are you kidding me? The nice thing is if you buy a picture, they let you take one with your own camera/phone, so it can make it to the blog for everyone to see.

Caden was really excited to see Santa and talk to him. He was so busy talking to Santa, he couldn't pause to have his picture taken. Santa had to tickle him to get him to look at the camera.

We asked Caden what he asked Santa for... Caden said "a present." Well, I don't think the little man will be disappointed. I think he will get a present.

Merry Christmas!

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Dinner time

This was another test with my phone and camera to see how this would work, bear with me please. Thanksgiving was exciting for us. We were the hosts. There were 13 adults and 3 kids. We had our family, my sister's family, her in-laws (parents and sister& husband too), my brother's family and my aunt. One big happy family together. It was a good afternoon spent reviewing ads and catching up.

This picture below is to get the grandkids in one picture wearing the sweaters that my mom knit for them, fondly known as the knitting sweatshirts. The funny story is that Caden's wasn't done yet, so every chance my mom had, she would knit. Charlie would remind her to knit caden's sweatshirt. Caden would become hysterical if charlie was wearing his sweater, and his wasn't done. So they are all finished now and everyone is happy... This was the night before thanksgiving and we made the turkey cupcakes out of rolos and candy corn. This is my mom, niece Annie, and my aunt Ginger.

My dad made it over for the festivites too. That was a lot of fun too. He got to help. Charlie figured out how many of each item went on the cupcake and did it in order. Caden just plunked it on there any way it would stick. So funny about their different approaches to cupcakes.

This was on thanksgiving. The kids table. Next year there will be one more - Pete & Vanessa are expecting a baby on 12/22 so there is a spot open at the table. :)

This was from my phone, it is our table all set to seat 13 of us. This table was my dad's parents table and is great for large family gatherings. There are leaves in it to expand it.

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Do you Believe in Santa?

I will start by saying, these pictures are in reverse order.... Thanks Blogger! On Christmas eve, Caden wrote a letter to Santa and left him cookies, carrots & Milk. When we woke up, Santa wrote back and left his plate clean and drank all the milk! It was amazing!

This is what our tree looked like after Santa came.

This is Caden writing his letter to Santa. I am hanging sideways off the couch because it was tight quarters....

This is Caden wearing my boots. He put them on and I started laughing so I took a picture.

He is a character to say the least. Every morning we tell him to find his hat. Some days he finds his winter hat, other days he comes back with a baseball hat or a sun hat. At least it's a hat.