We had a great Christmas filled with lots of family time...lots of food...and lots of fun! My birthday was the 22nd and I got to celebrate it with my whole fam. My brother, Jon and his wife have 3 kids and they came from Athens for the WHOLE week of Christmas. It was SO much fun. It was like being a kid again. Casey and I...my sister, Ginger, my nephew Zack and my new niece Murphy, Jon, Amy, my niece Abigail, my nephew Jacob, and my niece Ashlie all stayed at Mom and Dad's the whole week. Plus we had 5 dogs among us!! Another blessing was that I was scheduled to work Christmas day but I was able to get off due to low census. Yay!! I haven't had Christmas Eve and Christmas day off in 7 years!! It was awesome. We spent the week playing games...Risk...Apples to Apples...Balderdash...and a little Mafia thrown in. If somebody out there's never played Mafia...it a must!! Casey surprised me with an awesome camera for my birthday and Christmas. A Nikon D40!! Now I can take pictures like they were made to be taken. I created a video montage that has a ton of pics but we were there for a week! Some of my family are more welcoming to the camera than others. Murphy was all about the camera! Man...that baby was ALWAYS wanting her picture taken. Hee...Hee! My sister and I took her to see Santa at Lenox the day before Christmas Eve and she slept through the whole thing! The boys in the house had fun playing Wii golf or pretty much Wii anything! Jon and Jacob got fun boxers for Christmas and wanted to show them off! The kids also got Rock Band which now totally makes me want to learn drums. We had a ton of presents to wrap on Christmas Eve and Casey had the job of all Jacob's presents. They were sitting on the kitchen table all awaiting their wrapping debut. Casey and I were having a wrapping competition based solely on speed! He was wrapping everything on the table just like he was told. Come Christmas morning my 13 year old nephew opened a half-eaten box of his sister's wheat free cookies!! Merry Christmas Jacob! Hence the picture to come! Hee...Hee!
We also went to the Colson's abode over New Years and just got back last night. It was great to spend time with everyone and had fun playing LOTS of crochet. Casey's dad and I teamed up with Eric and Casey and they beat us 4 times!!! Grrrr! We'll get our revenge one day! Now we've come home and the holidays....my favorite time of year...is over. Back to work, school, chores, and everyday life. What a great year to be thankful. We have a new member of the family who is so stinkin sweet! Casey and I are about to celebrate 5 years of marriage and his graduation soon!! My dad is almost done with chemo/radiation. Praise the Lord! He's having a pretty rough time this week. Prayers for strength, energy, normal labwork, and no infections would be great! Hope you enjoy the pictures!! There's a lot of them, but I enjoyed working hard to share them with you!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
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