Christmas

I love most everything about it. I don't love the ridiculous commercialism and the even more ridiculous traffic, but those things aside - what isn't to love about Christmas?

I especially love my family's Christmas party. Usually it's on Christmas Eve but this year we're having it tomorrow (Saturday). Oh, I can't wait! It'll be Mom, Dad, Steph, Kenzie, Scott, Lissy and me. What I'm looking forward to the most: Watching my girl. I can just see her already -- running around touching every present under the tree with the tip of her little finger....helping Kenzie pass out the gifts....giggling with Auntie Steph...."helping" Grandma in the kitchen, wearing oven mitts that go up to her armpits....sitting on Grandpa's lap with her blankie and wide eyes as she listens to his deep voice. Christmas. It's way cooler when you have a kid!

Our menu always includes a large, very untraditional variety of foods:

Meatballs

Potato skins

Cheese and crackers

Tortilla chips with taco dip

Cranberry jello

Fruit salad

Pumpkin bread

Pumpkin pie

Fudge (with nuts and without)

Peppermint ice cream

Eggnog (BLECH!)

....Quite the mish-mosh, eh? It's one of the best meals of the year! My stomach's growling just thinking about it. I made the fudge today and I'm bringing the canned fruit to Mom's so I can make it when we get there.

And yeah, the presents are pretty fun too! It's so fun to see what we all got each other.

But, on to other topics - like plumber crack. Lissy's pink jeans were just a little too loose today. Need I say more?

Her Great-Grandma and -Grandpa Conger sent her this way cool toy - an old-fashioned top. She absolutely loves it!

And here she is sporting the very stylishly pink Calvin shirt that Auntie Rachel sent. Yep, my little prep!

I'll be back soon to write about the neat-o presents we get! ;)