So it's been a couple of months since I've been able to blog, and I've finally found the time. Sadly I had to wait until Christmas break to do it lol. This is being written to you from my brand new iPad :) hopefully because I have this now, it'll be easier to blog wherever I am. I tried blogging on my phone but it was too time consuming and too small to read. But this is much bigger :)
So it's Christmas break and I'm enjoying time at home. I've spent almost the whole time I've been on break away from home. I packed up all of my stuff from school and headed straight to my aunt's house. It was nice to see my aunt and her family again after a long time. From there I went to the family Christmas party to visit my dad's side of the family. We all had dinner together and the kids opened presents. After that we headed over to my aunt and uncle's for the "after party". There were more gifts and desserts to be had. It's always good to see my extended family. We don't see each other often enough. Every year I'm reminded why I love each one of them. I see babysitting in my future. Lol
Saturday was spent cleaning and then having dinner with some dear friends from church. Sunday was church day plus cookie frosting and decorating. I did all the frosting this year for the sugar cookies and the thumbprints along with dipping some of the cake balls in chocolate.
Then it was time for Christmas Eve. Every year we have the tradition of going to dinner before church. So just after 4:00 we were at our usual Christmas Eve haunt: Outback Steakhouse. We never go there, except for this holiday. After that, we headed to church early, so my dad could practice with the band. This years church service was great :) I didn't burn myself with hot wax like I usually do lol. Once church was over, we headed back home to finish up some last minute things before today.
Today's agenda is as follows:
Getting up with Daniel, who continues to sleep in my room every Christmas Eve, to go open presents.
Breakfast with the grandparents
And then at noon, the party starts; soup is on all day for any friends and family to come and fellowship. It's a great time to get together with some people that we only see once or twice a year and also with those who we live dearly and want to spend more time with.
We'll see what happens from there, because some people don't leave until very late.
Add missing my roommates to the list. I hope they are all enjoying their time at home and having a nice relaxing break. :)
For the rest if break my list if things I want to do is growing. Painting, reading, and writing are on the list. I have several projects I want to finish along with reading at least one book cover to cover. I want to write more poetry. I haven't written in a long time, and I've missed it. Also, I have several painting projects that I've been planning on finishing but haven't had the time. Hopefully I can get this all done over break. If not, it's no big deal.
Well Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all! It's nice to be back. :)
