San Antonio Christmas

The day after Christmas we flew to San Antonio to spend a week with Rob's family. We were fortunate to not have bad delays this year like we have had in the past. As always, Rob had us up early and doing as much as possible during our stay. This year we decided to spend 2 days of our trip in Houston. We got to see Brian's apartment and he gave us a tour of M.D. Anderson Cancer hospital, Hermann Hospital, and the University of Texas-Houston Medical School where he has been for almost 4 years now. While in Houston we also went to the Holocaust Museum and NASA. In San Antonio, we went to the Natural Bridge Caverns (which was really neat) and we did some shopping. On New Years Eve, we went to church and got to see Mark get baptized. We did manage to rest on New Year's day. Luckily there was plenty of football on tv to keep us grounded for the day. Mrs. Cindy, Brian, Rob and I spent a lot of the time playing Uno. We had tons of fun on our trip. When we got back to Jackson, we had one day of vacation from our vacation:)
my new rain boots

Rob has some help opening his presents
Mark, Rob, BrianGrandpa Hembree reading the Christmas StoryHouston, we have a problem (the real mission control)on our audio tour:)
Natural Bridge Caverns

Christmas at Me-Mama's

We had another great year at Me-Mama's for Christmas Day. This year we had 2 new members in the family. Ty, Ruth and Jeff's new baby boy.....and Anthony, Lindsay's boyfriend. We did miss several family members and hope we can all be together next year:) After lunch, we had our annual singing of carols and opening presents. It was all fun! Rob and I drove back to Jackson that night so that we could fly to San Antonio the next day...pictures of that trip will be up shortly.

our growing family (minus 6 members)

cousinsMe-Mama playing the piano with a smile:)

Grammer loves Barney Mac

singing hymns

Me-Mama and Ty

Ruth, Jeff, and Anthony

Lindsay and Anthony

more singing

Grammer and Ty

Barney Mac posing

Joy, Bethany, and Ty

cousins again

Rob, Bethany, Me-Mama

house update

We have been away for over a week and went to the house this afternoon for the first time in a while. Let me just say how excited I was when we pulled onto our street. When I envisioned how I wanted our house to look, I can honestly say that it (so far) has exceeded my expectations. It is going to be a beautiful house. The bricks, the rub under the porch, the design on the porch, and the brick inside are absolutely beautiful....and our trim carpenter is doing a great job with all my many requests:) These past few weeks have been stressful for me hoping that everything would look right. I am so pleased and thankful for everyone who has helped us on this journey. I know we still have more decisions to make, but I can at least put the stress of what has been done behind me knowing that it is just like we wanted.
standing in kitchenstill working on fireplace in keeping

cubbies in hallway from garageliving room fireplacefoyerlaundry room

jack-n-jill bathroomgarageofficemaster closet

Christmas Eve in Water Valley

We spent Christmas Eve at my parent's house in Water Valley. After going to the candlelight service at church, we went back to mom and dad's for hot chocolate and some gift giving. It was strange me being the only "Caulfield child" this year. Barry is still in Iraq and Lloyd couldn't get off work since ski season is at its busiest during Christmas. Me-Mama and my cousin Jeannie came over too:) We also spent some of the night watching It's a Wonderful Life and Rob's favorite, A Christmas Story. so apparently I had the sizes off when I bought these coveralls for my dad:(

Cute Cohen

Rob and I went to see my dear friend Kelley and her son Cohen on Christmas Eve in Water Valley. They were getting ready for their candlelight service so we had to cut our visit short. Cohen is so darn cute and has grown so much since I saw him last!! He showed us his toys and demonstrated his jumping skills on his new trampoline. It was so great to see Ron and Kelley and little Cohen! We love y'all!