All Aboard The Polar Express!

Breakfast with Santa at Gardner's Supply!

Cole and Sawyer joined Mr. and Mrs. Claus for breakfast, story time, a singalong, cookie decorating, ornament making and one-on-one time with Santa in his sleigh! This has become a favorite family tradition that we look forward to year after year!

The Elf on the Shelf!

Meet the newest addition to our family...our Elf on the Shelf..Fuzzy Pickle Head. The Elf on the Shelf is one of Santa's Helpers who stays with us during the Christmas Season to keep watch over Cole and Sawyer. The tradition starts with the story of The Elf on the Shelf and naming the family elf. He reports back daily to the North Pole with the good, bad and the ugly things happening at the Cudney Household this month. Every morning he had finds a new place to keep watch and the kids race around to see cozy place "Fuzzy" has found to keep watch for the day.

Oh, Christmas Tree!

This will be our first Christmas in our new home and we were all very excited to get the tree inside and decorated. It is always fun pulling out the Christmas boxes full of decorations, ornaments and memories. Many ornaments have special meaning from years past and it's always fun to look back at when and where the ornament came from!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Little Tom Sawyer!

Sawyer all tuckered out from our "Black Friday" activites before 7 p.m.!

Santa

Mommy, Cole, Sawyer and Santa's Helper

Abi waiting for her carriage ride

Abi, Grandma Jane and Ali

Cole warming up with cocoa after our carriage ride

Santa arrived from the North Pole today and we happened to catch up with him for a carriage ride. Cole was excited to be in the front of the carriage to help with the horses! We had a fun day with our friends Abi and Ali from New Hampshire and their Grandma Jane!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sawyer...hockey helmet and all!

Helmet or dessert??? Helmet!

Cole and some pumpkin pie!


Uncle Todd and Bailey



Sawyer, Nana and Cole

We had a relaxing Thanksgiving at home with Nana, Nono, Uncle Todd, Uncle Mark and the Cudney Family! Everyone brought something, which made pulling off Thanksgiving Dinner a breeze for the hostess. Next year, I will know which way to cook the turkey. Mark gracefully notified me that I cooked the turkey up-side-down as I pulled it proudly out of the oven. Sawyer as always brought us many laughs...trying to eat his Thanksgiving dinner through his hockey helmet was very entertaining. So much to be Thankful for this year...but most of all our health, happiness and our loving family and friends.

Baking with Mommy!