I know I have been majorly lacking in my blogging lately – and if I kept anyone on the edge of their seat, I am so very sorry :). To make up for it, I wanted to post a catch-up entry about the most wonderful time of the year.
First off, I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family to spend Christmas with. It truly is the highlight of the year when I get to spend a week with the whole family together. Now that Katie is at Auburn, it’s always nice to have her home for more than a weekend. My mom always does all she can to make Christmas magical, even though Kate and I are both beyond our childhood years.
This year we went to the 5:00 Christmas Eve service at church and followed up with our traditional fondue dinner with the Hartmans. Fondue has to be one of my favorite meals ever. I look forward to it every year. After dinner we got to open our one, Christmas Eve gift – and we couldn’t have picked a better present… a Wii! We played all night until it was time for bed.
Nothing beats Christmas morning. The typical family is up by 7am ready to rip open presents… but not at our house. If you know our family, you can guess that we all sleep in until about 9am, go down to the kitchen, get our coffee and/or mimosas, and work our way over to the Christmas tree by 10am. Stockings come first… that takes about an hour (we draw Christmas out as loooong as possible). Then we break for some breakfast. It’s not until about noon that we start on the presents, and could last for hours :).
This year Christmas was especially memorable because Chase was able to come over for Christmas dinner! All my favorite people were under one roof. He also got me a beautiful watch that I’m so thankful for! Finally, I can’t leave out some even bigger news… my friend Brittney got engaged, and my other friends Megan and Casey bought a house together right before Christmas! I’m so happy for everyone. Hopefully 2009 will be just as wonderful as 2008 :)
Cheers!