Christmas is Upon us

Well, it's that time again. Shopping, eating and spending time with family. It's one of my favorite times of the year. I love giving to other people...the getting is nice too. The food seems to always be better at Christmas than any other time of the year, and you get to make up for lost time with the ones you love. Today we had the Cantrell Christmas at Grandmother's. This shindig was always at our house until we moved to Tupelo. This year we had it at Grandmother's and I was a bit worried about being able to have plenty of room. She lives in a small apartment, and our family has gotten bigger in the past year. Dalton (my nephew) and Tyler are both over 6 ft tall now, Nicholett (my niece) is taller than me...of course that's not saying much, and Bryce is growing by leaps and bounds, and we've had a new addition in the 4th generation...Miss Keona Leigh! Things were much quieter this year than in the past. Dalton, Tyler, and Nicholett are teenagers now and they aren't running around and playing like in the past, they are joining in on the adult conversation, and Bryce thinks he's just as old as they are. Cody and Kelly surprised us by coming and bringing Keona. She was born 5 weeks premature and we didn't think they would get her out today. I made a Krispy Kreme cheesecake and thought it was pretty good, but Eric said it tasted like crap, so I don't guess I'll share the recipe tonight. It was kinda hard on Bryce today to be around all the food that he loves and normally would have pigged out on. This year since his EGE I knew he wouldn't be able to eat much, so I made him a meatloaf and an orange cake. He was also able to eat the ham too, but he still had a small break down when we first got there. It was kinda sad to watch him but at one time during the night he was sitting at the table with a bowl full of chocolate candy playing with it. The poor baby couldn't eat it so he just made the most and used it as action figures. Well I do have to go back to work tomorrow and Tuesday then I am off until the 2nd of Jan. I have a few pics to post and I will post back after the big S.C. comes to visit.
Keona really liked her cousin Eric!


She looks just like her daddy

She liked looking at Viki when she talked to her.

The Girls...Jada, Keona, Kelly, Me, Ginger, Nicholett, Grandmother, and Viki.

The Guys...Dalton, Heath, Bryce, Cody, Eric, and Tyler.

Dalton, Tyler and Bryce


My niece Nicholett.