After we left new baby Mollie at the hospital, we came home and loaded the truck and trailer (we were taking 2 cows and calves back to Daddy) and hit the road. Friday, we enjoyed the morning with Daddy, who was off work, then Mom got home and we went to run errands-Mom, Daddy, Michael, Hannah Kate, and myself. Wesley stayed at the house to work on his lesson for Sunday morning. Friday night, we went to Ma Coley's for "Christmas Eve." This is my most distinct memory of Christmas as a child-going to Ma Coley's on Christmas Eve to eat, spend time with family, and open presents. I was so excited that Hannah Kate got to do this on her first Christmas. I took my big camera and left my little camera at home.......big mistake. I didn't have the flash for my big camera and it was too dark. That taught me my lesson for Christmas, just take pictures and don't worry about having the "big" camera for everything. Anyhow, I took a few and then put it away. Celia was sweet enough to let us use her camera, so when I get those pictures, I will post them.
Saturday we did "Christmas morning" with my family. We woke up and ate steak and biscuits for breakfast (Coley family tradition) and then opened presents. Hannah Kate opened her presents and then went down for a nap while we opened ours.
U-Dawg read a book to Hannah Kate while we waited on breakfast.
Hannah Kate's stocking had snacks in it! I was making her a stocking for there, but it didn't get finished in time. So, for this year, she had a pink one that said, "My First Stocking."
Hannah Kate loves Pa!
She LOVED ripping paper on presents :)
Hannah Kate made this ornament for Granna and one for Nana (and two for us).
Reading a good Bible book
Time for a nap!
Hannah Kate loves Granna!
Some friends came over after we were finished with Christmas and naps (for everyone! yay!) and brought Hannah Kate a gift. She's ready to go check cows! (She just has to peddle with her feet!)
While Wesley loaded up the truck and trailer, my parents and I took Hannah Kate to meet Mr. Mark and Mrs. Twyla. Mr. Mark is an elder at the congregation where I grew up. They were excited to meet Hannah Kate. Mrs. Twyla said this "made her Christmas!" :)
After a quick visit, we met Wesley on the highway and headed for home. 
The three hour trip took over four hours because we had truck issues. We were going 25 mph up Monteagle. I thought we were going to be stuck on the side of the road on Christmas Eve night. I prayed that we would make it home safely and quickly and that if we had trouble we would be somewhere safe. We pulled up in front of the house to unload, Wesley turned the truck off, and it wouldn't start again. Was God taking care of us or what?! Because of our late arrival and Wesley needing to finish his lesson for Sunday morning, we just ate and put Hannah Kate to bed. We were planning on doing our Christmas together Saturday night, but that didn't work. After I put Hannah Kate to bed, I went to take stuff to Mark, Jana, Maggie, and Mollie since they had just gotten home from the hospital. I ended up making three trips back and forth to their house to take stuff they needed (good thing we live close!) and then Wesley and I were up until 12:30 am working on his lesson. Fun times! More Christmas on the way!
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