Winter wonderland

Yesterday we drove to North Carolina with Jody's parents and we were delighted to see snow for the first time in 4 years!

Our past 3 Christmas seasons we have had really hot, sticky summer weather in Asia, so this was a treat!

We visited the Grove Park Inn

They were having a Gingerbread House contest and these were some of the entries:

Everything was edible...amazing craftsmanship!



The Grove Park Inn

Cadence loves her bath time...she is all smiles!

I celebrated my birthday with the Blantons at Maccoroni Grill...what a treat!

Cadence's first Christmas (of 3 this year)

What a wonderful thing to spend Christmas with our families for the first time in 4 years! For the past few years, we have gone to the beach for Christmas because it was too hot to stay inside. This year we are holding our breath and hoping for snow. Cadence is even practicing making snow angels!

She has all kinds of winter hats.

This past weekend we went to Athens, GA to spend Christmas with Jody's family. Cadence helped Jody pack...

until his bag got too heavy!

She had fun looking at all the lights with her Mae-Mae,

And her Grampuh.

I made my favorite Christmas treat...Chex mix! We cannot get these ingredients overseas so we made enough to share with friends.

Cadence helped open her gifts.

What a sweet memory of everyone together!

Mommy's Lil' Helper