sara e: December 2008

From freezing to fire...what a holiday!

What a wonderful holiday I've had! Getting to see lots of friends, family, Christmas lights and movies, eating lots of yummy food and being off work for almost 2 weeks!
I had all my 8th grade girls over for a Christmas party, went to a few parties, watched Elf 3 or 4 times, went driving around Yukon looking at Christmas lights and made Rick, Bridget and Eric get out in the FREEZING cold for a photo, experienced my first Christmas with a boyfriend(and it was wonderful!), helped my mom bake lots of goodies, decorated Christmas cookies, had the entire fam at my parents house for Christmas, went to the movies on Christmas day, shopped the day after, celebrated Rick's birthday, bought a converter box for my tv, and today caught an oven mit on fire...while it was on my hand! Good times :)

Kaydence

Today Kaydence had her first Christmas photo shoot! While she was such a great sport for her Aunt Sara, she did get bored with me rather quickly. :)

Isn't this just the sweetest?

My favorite time of year

Beginning the week of Thanksgiving, something exciting is ignited in me. Something that makes me feel warm and cozy...the joy that arrives with my favorite holiday season, from Turkey day to Christmas! I enjoy everything about this season: seeing my family so much, all the red, decorating the Christmas tree and then sitting in a cozy living room to enjoy its beauty, drinking hot chocolate, wearing flannel pjs, Christmas lights everywhere, people filled with excitment, Christmas music, and watching fun Christmas shows on tv. Like now. I'm watching the lighting of the Christmas tree in NYC on tv, baking pumpkin cookies for our ladies Christmas lunch tomorrow while waiting on Rick to come over for dinner.

The beginning of all the fun was our wonderful Thanksgiving! I had 3 this year! I went to Covington with Rick for his fam Thanksgiving, then we had my family in Salina. Then on Thanksgiving day, I cooked my first turkey and had a wonderful meal at my brother's house with him, his beautiful wife and new baby girl, and my parents. Here are some photos of all the fun...