Christmas

Christmas Day was Amazing! None of us got out of our pajamas all day long! We didn't even leave our house! It was our first Christmas to be "just us"... and we loved it! We woke up (at 7 thanks to Rocky!), opened our presents, and played, took naps and then ate Christmas dinner. This was the first time I was around my whole family for more than 10 minutes since like August. They are so SO busy all the time, even at Thanksgiving things were crazy. Everyone loved their presents from Santa and eachother. We got a Wii, that is a big hit. My personal favorite is the game Dance Dance Revolution. I love Christmastime. I love that I am home 'til January! Yeah!

Tradition holds that every Christmas Eve The Blacks go to Grandmas house for dinner and presents. This year grandma black got a little creative! Our present opening started with a small stocking on the tree (which is actually a life-size cactus strung with lights and decorations) for each of us that had our names on it with instructions for the scavenger hunt. We would all go out, find our next present and come back inside to open it; on that present would be our next clue... we did this several times before we opened our big present. It was really fun! Grandma and Grandpa really put a lot of time into their little game. The parents didn't participate in the scavenger hunt, but grandma and grandpa thought of fun little gifts for each of them too... we all laughed and had a good time together. It was fun for me to see everyone!