Christmas

Christmas #1
After several attempts to load pictures onto the computer , I have given up. Our computer is driving us crazy. So here is our Christmas post without any pictures. It makes me sad. I am still hoping that we will be able to load them. So you guys will have to read a lot. Sorry!!!! I really enjoy having my family live so close,but we were pooped afterwards. All in all we had 4 different Christmas's. Christmas Eve was spent at my parents house. I think this was the first Christmas we had an untrational meal. We had pizza burgers "flying style" and french fries with gravy. It is always a family favorite and pretty easy. I am still amazed at how big my family is getting. There is 17 of us now. Wow!!! Always a full house when we get together.

Christmas #2.
This is the first year Drew and I actually opened wrapped gifts that we had gotten each other. We normally just go pick out something together so there are no surprises. As soon as Drew buys a gift for me he gives it to me right away. There is nothing wrong with that, but I like a little anticipation. He was a very good sport this year. We actually waited till Christmas morning. It really made it quite exciting. We had fun opening gifts just the 2 of us on Christmas morning.

Christmas #3
Around noon we went to Drew's parents house. We opened more gifts and ate a ton of Drew's Grandma's southern cooking. His grandparents have been in town from Mississippi for the past couple of weeks so we have spent a lot of time with them. It makes me feel like a kid again. All of my grandparents have already passed. So I really enjoy spending time with Drew's Grandparents. They are good ole' Mississippians.

Christmas #4
That evening we made the trip across the street to Granny's house. For more presents and good food. We had Granny's homemade sausage balls and curry dip. And we listened to the Cat Christmas CD that is played every year. Granny pulled out the Christmas coloring books that Drew and his sister colored on when they were little. It is neat to look at things that Drew did when he was little. He was such a cute kid!!!!! We also went around the room and talked about our most memorable Christmas. We all enjoyed going down memory lane. Christmas is still my favorite time of year. I love being around family, friends, the decorations, picking out gifts for everyone, the lights. I wish I could leave my decorations up all year. Just kidding! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!! Happy New Year!!!