Matt, Cindy,& Caden

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Christmas with Grandma Mendonca

Next we got to celebrate Christmas with Matt's mom, and we got to eat a traditional Christmas dinner with turkey and all of the sides.

Christmas with Grandma & Papa

Next we went to my parents house to open presents. Caden loved everything! Then my mom made Flautas, bean dip, and tamales. It was a good change from the usual Christmas dinner and so yummy!

Maddie liked the Cabbage Patch Doll that we got her. :)

Christmas Morning!

A big truck was the only thing that Caden kept asking for. Before every present he said "maybe this is my big truck," so it's a good thing that Santa delivered on that!

Santa may have gone a little overboard this year.

Christmas with Grandma Shobe

On Christmas eve we celebrated with Grandma Shobe. She always gets lots of good stuff, and this Bat Cave was definitely the highlight!

We were so happy that Sarah, Steve, Max, and Madelyn got to come for Christmas this year! Caden was especially happy to see Max, and they had so much fun playing together. Max even spent the night at our house one night.

Christmas with Grandpa & Beth

On the 23rd we celebrated Christmas with Matt's dad and his wife Beth. Caden always loves to be able to play with all of his cousins!

The next morning Caden came out dressed like this, and said that he was ready to play soccer. He wants to wear his soccer socks all of the time!

Railroad Park

We went to the McCormick Railroad Park in Scottsdale. They have a train ride, and the park was decorated with Christmas lights and blow ups as you rode on the train. It even snowed as you came out of the tunnel.

Santa and Mrs. Claus

We ran into Santa and Mrs. Claus at Tempe Cinemas when we went to see a movie on Christmas eve.

Christmas Lights!

We drove around and looked at Christmas lights one night. There is this cul de sac in Chandler where every house on the street is decorated. One house even had a walk though Nativity scene in their backyard. We also went to this cute house in Chandler. They had tons of lights, and they showed a movie by projecting it on their garage door. They even had popcorn, hot chocolate, and space heaters. It was so fun!