It started out with going home on the day before Christmas Eve, which was so fun! We decided to go light looking, like we normally do, and caroling at the Edmonson's house, family friends of ours. This tradition started a long time ago when a house in clearwater, turns out the guys granddaughter is my roomate now, but anway, we always went to check out his crazy Christmas lights, then when we found out the Edmonson's lived near there, we started going to there house to carol, and then that family stopped doing the lights, but now a different family does a light/music show, which is so awesome! Here's the website
clearwaterlights.org.
after that we changed things up a bit, and got pizza, and boy did we get PIZZA!!!! and then it was basically relax the rest of the way! We slept in Christmas Eve day, and then just hung out, eating of course, and we watched some movies, we only watched a part out of Home Alone, i LOVE that movie!
Then it was Christmas Eve Service time, which was so good!! Love singing with my family and celebrating the birth of Jesus with my home church, its always fun to go back. Granted I don't live that far away, but i love my church in st. cloud too!!!
It was fun to catch up with the Magnuson family, family friends of ours. There kids are our age, so we grew up with them, and we took our annual Magnuson/Sommers kid picture, but Bret and his wife and there new baby girl didn't make it, which was so sad. After the service we went home, and the Magnuson's wanted to see my parents new kitchen, so it was fun to just hang out with them.
Then it was presents time! So much fun! I wanted to read the Christmas story this year, and so mom and Kev read a bit, but then mom went too far, so I just read some of the next chapter! and after reading the story its time for PRESENTS! YAH!!!
i got lots of fun stuff, a really cute brown/pink bible from my brother, lots of awesome things from my parents, and a Sound of Music book that the 7 Von Trapp actors wrote, along with Edelweiss lip stick, which is pretty, and Austrian coin earrings from Jackie!! so awesome! and dad loved my present, I found a super cute mickey album and put pictures of our trip from last year in the album! YAH, best kid award = me! but it was just nice and relaxing. after that, we all dispersed, since kev got a bunch of movies, and Jackie, dad, and I got books to read!
We then got up a bit early, because Santa does still come to the Sommers household, even though the youngest is 25, and he was so good to us!! as usual! although his handwriting looks very similar to my moms! haha!
after that we watched the Disney Christmas parade, and dad wants to start planning a trip next year! YAH! I think just me and him, and then it was relax time, and then i went home later in the afternoon. its always so hard for me after the holidays. I still have my Christmas stuff up, not sure when it will come down! i do feel badly for people going through hard times during the holidays, especially that shooting with the kids in Connecticut the week before Christmas, ugh! But i had a Merry Christmas, and i hope that you all did too!
Best wishes for a beautiful 2013!!! YAH!!
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