Christmas in Carolina

Ok. It has been way too long since I updated. I will start with our Christmas.

We had our family present opening on Christmas Eve this year. We were to be traveling on the 25th so this worked better for us. The kids both had a terrific time. Caleb really understood the concept of opening the gifts. Although, he still wanted to play with every gift before he went onto the next one. To say the least, this took up some time.

Favorite gifts: Aaron built Campbell a bed for her dolls and I made the bedding to go with the doll. She was absolutely thrilled!!! I also made her and her dolls matching batrh robes. These were also a big hit. Caleb loved the stick horse that Aaron made for him as well as the doctor kit that he got.

We made it a very relaxing day. Aaron worked half the day then we opened dinner and had pizza for dinner.

Christmas day we flew to Atlanta where we got a car and drove to SC. We spent 4 days in Charleston. We visited with Aaron's family, did some sight seeing, and just relaxed. We went to Ft. Sumter one day. Aaron and I had lived in Charleston for 2 years but never made it out to the fort. So glad we did on this trip. We also spent some time on the beach one morning. We visited the Charleston Tea Plantation and Angel Oak. Lastlyk, we spent an afternoon walking through downtown Charleston and visiting a couple of old houses.

We left Charleston and went to Charlotte to see Adam and Laurel. We were hoping to see the new baby as well, but he had not yet made his arrival. We visited for a couple of hours and then went to Greenville. Upon our arrival in Greenville, we dropped Campbell off with her friend. She was thrilled to be having this sleepover. Aaron, Caleb and I went to dinner with James K. and his daughter. We then spent a couple of hours with the K family. It was really nice to catchup.

On New Years eve we went to the jewelery store to get my birthday gift. I then had lunch with the ladies from the office. It was great to visit with them all again. That night we spent New Year's Eve with the best people. I LOVED hanging out and visiting with Michelle, her family, and some other friends from our days in Greenville. I can not think of a better way to bring in the New Year!

The next morning we went back up to Charlotte where we were able to see the new nephew who made his arrival early that morning. It was a great way to top off our Carolina Christmas vacation.