Christmas came very fast this year as I'm sure most everyone would agree! I miss my younger years when summer vacations seemed SO long and Christmas took FOREVER to come. Now a days time just flys by. It seems as though before you can even pack away your Christmas decorations it's time to pull them out again...oh wait, maybe that's because I JUST packed away my Christmas tree in NOVEMBER! Yes that's right people...my fake Christmas tree was on display for 11 months. Every time I opened my closet door there it was, reminding me that it desperately needed a box that it would fit into.
Another reason it might feel like it came much quicker this year is because I had a Christmas event every weekend in December. The first Friday of December was the Zeiter Eye O.R. Christmas party at Steve and Becky's. There was delicious food (including my now requested spinach and artichoke dip), a thieving gift exchange, and a few good games of pool in their wine/game cellar basement.
Next was the Zeiter Eye Company party on the 2nd Friday. These are always a blast. We ate a DELICIOUS steak and enjoyed the open bar. There was a DJ so of course there was plenty of dancing involved. Every year we walk away with great stories!
The next Saturday my parents hosted a family get together with my moms side of the family. If I'm counting right (I counted twice) there were 41..FORTY ONE..people at their house!!! You should have seen us try to take our group picture. Sure it went pretty smoothly for the first few shots but just when everyone scattered it was realized that there wasn't a card in the camera and we were all summoned back to our places. We had an ornament exchange. It was especially fun to watch Mike steal several ornaments from Greg! It was so great to see everyone!
Of course the weekend after that was Christmas!! I had Friday and Monday off work which gave me plenty of prepare and recovery time. Christmas Eve was started with gift opening between Eric and I. He got me a very good smelling perfume and an I-Tunes gift card. After that we went to Brandy (Eric's cousin) and Tim's house. It was really nice to see everyone but we couldn't stay very long because we had dinner at my parents that evening. Larry and Marie joined us for dinner. Christmas morning my parents and I had Christmas morning casserole and opened our presents. I got tons of great stuff including an otter box for my phone, a book bag for school, leg warmers, and boots. I left that to meet some of Eric's family at his grandparents for coffee and donuts. Then we went to Matt and Nicole's to see Scott's side of the family. I snuck out while they were sitting down to eat and went back to my parents to open gifts with my brother, Jacci, and my parents. Then my grandpa Herb, GL, and Irene joined us for a prime rib dinner. I later went back to Matt and Nicole's to play games. We played Taboo and my team won. It was so exciting and fun!
The whole month of December was very busy, especially Christmas weekend!! I enjoyed every moment and I'm excited to do it all again next year...although I hope it takes a little longer to get here!!!
I hope everyone else enjoyed their Christmas as well.
