So, I love Christmas! I've been thinking a lot lately about all of the Christmases that I had growing up, and how the simplest things would make me so happy. I sometimes miss the "good 'ole days" where we got nice, long Christmas vacations from school and had a couple of weeks to just spend with each other. Now it seems like Christmas sneeks up on us so fast and I'm lucky to get a few days off! For work we had to write down some of our Christmas memories and I said that something I will always remember (no matter how much my parents hated it) was when my brothers and I would wake up at 3:00 in the morning and we would each take a turn to go and see all of the presents around the tree and take a quick "peek" inside our stockings. We weren't really allowed to "wake up" until 7:00, so we would play card games until it was time. I also remembered one year that I was looking through my stocking and noticed that I had butter rum Life Savers (not my favorite), so I switched them with Nathan's fruity Life Savers (he hated butter rum more than me) and then when he saw that Santa gave him Butter Rum, he would give them to me...so I ended up with 2! I'm surprised that I didn't get more coal for Christmas with how naughty I was...ask my mom, she'll tell you stories! Anyway, no matter how hectic Christmas has become, there is no mistaking the magic of that day...when the whole world stops to celebrate! I took a few pictures of my Chrismas decorations...I've done the snowman theme on my tree the last couple of years, and I love it! I wish the apartment was a little bigger though, we had to totally rearrange to get our big tree to fit!(mostly because of the LoveSac and our huge couch), but we finally made it work! Take a look!
I'm the luckiest girl in the world! Not only did I manage to get a cute husband, but he came with the cutest nieces and nephews. They are one of the things that I am actually proud that I inherited (the cars...not so much!) Anyway, we've made it a little tradition to take them to the movies for their Christmas present...we all have fun and it gives us a chance to spend some time with them. These are Tennessa & Ryan's kids (Ronnie's oldest sister)...we haven't had a chance to take any of the other kids out yet, but hopefully after Christmas when everything settles down! 
