Merry Christmas Baby!

In case you were all wondering, yes I made it home!!  Ha, this trip home was the quickest I've had ever!  I drove to Denton to stay with my cousin Wednesday night and drove the rest of the way Thursday.  I met my mom and Mekenna in Amarillo.  Matthew made me wake up EARLY so that we could get home early.  Needless to say, I was extremely tired by the time I actually got home.  

Last night was my aunt and uncle's Christmas party!  They have this every year.  We eat, usually have some drinks, and exchange ornaments!  We exchange ornaments by listening to a story and either pass left or right every time we hear the words left or right.  

These were all the ones we came home with!  My mom worked last night and missed out on the festivities, but I stood in for her and scored jackpot!  She got 2 ornaments!

The snowman and Santa Claus are my mom's, the tree with the snowman is Madison's, the Santa with the bell as his middle is Mekenna's, and the snowman to the far right is mine!

This is the ornament I brought!  Since there is 4 of us, we knew that we would most likely come home with one that we had brought.  We normally do two different stories for two different groups.  The younger and the older.  

This is the one that I ended up with!  Isn't he cute?  

This was Maryn's.  She couldn't wait and put it on the tree as soon as we got home, hence why it was not in the picture of all the ornaments together.  

It was a great party as it is every year!  We had tons of fun!

My mom worked last night, as I had said earlier and is nominating me to go to Dumas today.  Do you know what it means to go to Walmart on Christmas Eve?  Sigh.   Oh well, I guess I'll have to put my big girl panties on and go!  Anything for mom!  After she takes a nap, we will be baking away, wrapping presents and getting ready for Christmas!  As most of you are Christmas Eve people, we are not.  I think we are one of the few that actually open presents on Christmas day.  I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!

1 more day till Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

& this is life as I know it...

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