Holidays!

The first holiday of the season has come and gone, now we just have to wait till Christmas which is my favorite holiday. I love the lights, music, decorations, and the joy of being with family. I use to get all excited about Christmas just because I knew I'd be getting gift but now that I'm older it's much more than that. We get to celebrate Jesus birth, spend time with family that you don't see very much, and just the season all together. This holiday season has been a wonderful for me so far. I went home for Thanksgiving and came home to a great surprise. My older brother, sister-in-law and niece had showed up for a surprise! I literally screamed in my car when I saw them. It had been over a year since I'd seen my niece and sister-in-law. My grandmother or Shoo Shoo as we call her was there as well. I got to spend Thanksgiving with my whole family! This Christmas we'll just be mom, dad, Mark and me. I'll actually get to spend Christmas Eve with them and Christmas day. Last year I didn't spend Christmas Eve with them all day or Christmas day either. I was at my then boy friend's house spending Christmas with them. It was nice and a little different for me since that was my first time to not spend Christmas with my family. I enjoyed it though so don't get me wrong, I went to church with his sister and mom and him. Woke up and everyone opened presents all at once. We don't do that in my family, it's one by one for us. Different but a nice experience to have though because who knows what it'll be like when I get married. I might just start my own tradition. I get to spend the Christmas season with my new friends up here in Tulsa as well. If it weren't for them I don't know how I would be. I've learned many things from them and I've grown. I'm excited to see what the new year will bring me, but for now I'm just going to enjoy my favorite holiday season with family and friends. So get your shopping done early and if not just don't be a Grinch at the stores, smile and say Merry Christmas!! More laters.....