The Growing Caldwell Family

It is so hard to believe that it has been 10 years since this angel stole our hearts.  I consider myself very blessed to have had the joy to celebrate 10 birthdays with a precious girl. There are times when it feels like time is going so quick and it is all passing in a blur. Thank goodness for pictures to remind me of lots of happy celebrations and sweet smiles!

Going back to school is more fun when you have a new Kanken backpack to carry! Kanken from Fjall Raven is quite popular among her age group and very popular with the VSCO girls. Sarah Graves doesn't want to be a VSCO girl exactly, but she likes some of the stuff and is in love with the color yellow, so this was a great Christmas surprise!

We spent a wonderful day at Holiday in the Park!After so much rainy weather it was good to get out in the sunshine!  We had a great time riding roller coasters and even went to a fun sing along Christmas show! Considering it was the day before Epiphany, it was perfect to stretch out the Christmas season!

We had a fun evening trying out Charlie's new Harry Potter Labyrinth game. It is kind of cool how it works requiring a lot of strategy and spatial thinking. Have extra time to do fun things together is the best part of the holidays!

I had a great day to kick off 2020! Mom and I were up early for shopping at the big sale at Dillard's, we enjoyed a traditional new year's day lunch of ham, black-eyed peas, and cabbage, we played games, and got cozy to watch one more Christmas movie before bed!  This is the only picture I thought to take! A fun time playing Trouble with Charlie, Lovie, and Nay!  The holidays were a little unpredictable this year with Aaron and the kids getting sick, but we managed to have fun anyway!

We kept New Year's Eve easy and low key enjoying a yummy dinner at a Chinese restaurant, back to our house for some games, and a champagne toast for the new year! The Saran Wrap ball is a big hit! The kids definitely think that should be a tradition! It is a lot of fun to see who can unwrap a prize before their turn is up! Lovie loaded it with lots of stuff including bible gun and scratch-off tickets! My creative guy! So tickled with his creation. We all made it up for midnight and counted down to 2020! Here's to a new year filled with many blessings of joy and happiness!

Sarah Graves was asked to read during a Christmas lessons and carols service. Everybody was on the mend, but not fully well. The service was lovely! I really enjoyed singing more Christmas carols! Charlie and Aaron in their matching outfits! Getting up and ready took a lot out of Char. He fell asleep mid-way through the service.It was sweet to have a sleeping Charlie on my lap during church again.  Sarah Graves had a really, really long reading and she rocked it! She had the longest reading of them all and she was the only child reading. She nailed it and we were all so proud of her!