Merry Christmas!!!

December 25th, 2011

Hey everyone! Just wanted to take a little time to wish the best people in the world a Merry Christmas!!

So, since Christmas is all about tradition, I figured I would share a little bit of my families Christmas traditions and some memories that I have from past Christmases!

Every Christmas Eve we go to my dad’s side of the family for Christmas and it is always fun…. And interesting. Haha. However, we all have a great time. We eat way too much food, and then its time for some presents! We have created a new tradition over the past ten years, and we have a White Elephant Christmas exchange. It’s always super fun….but gets pretty intense!

After the Christmas with my dad’s side, we always come home and bake cookies (I’m a sugar cookie kinda girl… Haley is a chocolate chip lover… so we make both!) Haley and I both open one present that’s under the tree, most of the time it’s from each other! She always gets me pretty great gifts… we shall see this year! Haha.

Come Christmas morning, we go into the living room and see was Mr. Santa brought us… (Yes, we still get Santa Clause… Hehe J )  My grandparents would always come over and see what we got and then have breakfast with us! My mama always cooks an amazing breakfast so we look forward to that every year!

After breakfast, we open up the rest of our presents from under the tree, then take a NAP!

On Christmas Day, we go to my mom’s side of the family Christmas! We always have way too much food, too many laughs, and just lots of fun!

As for my favorite Christmas, I think it would have to be when I got my first car! It was the Christmas that I had just turned 16 and I wanted a Toyota 4-Runner SOOO bad, but didn’t really think I’d get one! That year, my parents tricked us by telling us they were giving us a trip to New York! We were actually pretty excited but then noticed they were kinda being sketchy! Well, that year my sister wanted a dog, and my parents surprised us both and  brought down our little Sophie, our Toy Yorkie from up stairs (in a santa hat… she was so little!) While we were up stairs looking at all of Sophie’s things, I got a picture message from my dad of my new car! I was so excited! Came to find out, he had been hiding it beside the house! The New York trip was fake…. I guess to just make us think we weren’t getting what we wanted! How clever of them… I know.  But, needless to say, that was a great Christmas for me!

I have had many, many more… but it’d be years for me to share them all!

Do you guys have any Christmas memories?!?! Post them on this page if you want to, I’d love to hear them!!!

I hope that each and every one of you has a wonderful Christmas! Even though the presents and hoopla of Christmas is so exciting, I hope that you remember the reason for the season… Jesus Christ’s birthday! I am so thankful that he was born on this day!

It’s really hard to believe that it’s this time of year again and we’re about to embark on a new year! Crazy! However, this has been a great year and I am so thankful for each and every one of you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I love you ALL!!!

Xoxo,

LA

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