christmas time has come and past.

now that christmas has come and gone i start to think about how amazing, and blessed i am to have the family i do surrounding me. i am so blessed with amazing friends. this break has been full of best friends and christmas cheer. we have made cookies, watched movies, worn ugly sweaters, made hot chocolate and spent a lot of time bonding and celebrating the birth of an amazing Lord and Savior, Jesus. who is the reason for the season.

this christmas was much more low key then normal. for christmas eve we ate dinner with good family fiends, and then went to church. after that we headed home to do presents and watch some 24 hours of the christmas story. on christmas day we hung out and woke up around 10 am. from there we opened presents and then ate dinner/lunch at 1:30 so we could go to the movies at 3. We saw little fockers. funny, but not at all christmas oriented. we dropped off some presents on the way home, and come home to clean for a bunch of family friends who came over and played bingo for nickels and dimes. so after spending 400+ dollars on christmas i lost some change to the people i bought presents for. its amazing to think that its all over. the stress and everything is finally over. but in the end... why did we do all this, why did we send the money, and shop, and have all these parties? because we love God and His Son who He sent to save the world... so i'll end with these words which come from my favorite christmas movie.


"""Charlie Brown: Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?
Linus Van Pelt: Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about.
Lights, please.
[a spotlight shines on Linus]
Linus Van Pelt: "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'"
[Linus picks up his blanket and walks back towards Charlie Brown]
That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown. """
-Charlie Browns Christmas.

(ill upload christmas pictures later. its late.)


enjoy.

hillary elizabeth