Cadillac Visit

We ended up leaving for Cadillac after Ben was done with school on Thursday. They were supposed to get a bunch of snow overnight and Friday morning. Since Ben doesn't have school on Fridays, that wasn't really too much of a problem...besides trying to get everything organized a whole day early!

On Friday night we celebrated Lucy's and Molly's (my sister-in-law) birthdays. Since Lucy's is on January 4th, we will always need to squeeze it in over our Christmas visit. We brought up some "hot chocolate" cupcakes from For Goodness Cakes. They have such yummy cupcakes!

Lucy was mesmerized by the candle. I didn't let it  get within her reach.
 Trying out the frosting.
 She loved the frosting and ate just about every bit of it!
Presents!
 Earlier on Friday, Curt and Ben got to play outside. Ben has had a long wish list for winter. I think he was able to cross quite a few things off of his list. Some included building a snow fort, having a snowball fight, making snow angels and sledding.
 So happy for all of the snow in Cadillac!
 Hiding behind the wall of his snow fort.
 Rosy cheeks from playing outside.
 Ben helped Grandma make some cookies.
 He put the red "berries" on the wreaths.


On Saturday, we celebrated Christmas. The kids were very excited to open more presents. We didn't really get many pictures of that part. We were too busy watching everyone open their presents. :)
 Lucy was excited about her new train. She has been walking around with it at home.
 In the afternoon, Curt and his dad took the kids over to the school to go sledding on the hill.
 Wheeee!
 Ready for another turn.
 Some of the cousins out sledding with Ben.
 Ben's snow angel.
 
We had a great time visiting with everyone in Cadillac! We left on Sunday afternoon and headed to Grand Rapids to see my family.

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Anonymous said…
What fun memories we made during those few days! It is fun to see your pictures, and relive our fun family time together.

Love you,
Mom Walker
Sunday, 06 January, 2013
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