We've had a really good trip so far. It's been great to be a part of Christmas with my family, I have missed our laughter, games, and general laid back time together. Leading up to Christmas this year, Benji and Britt have had a lot of fun together playing with the trains and checking out all the decorations everywhere we went. Christmas Eve we always spend over at Grandmother and Granddaddy's. We get together and eat an early dinner/late lunch with all the trimmings. Then after alot of conversation when we are all stuffed we usually break out some game. This year we played spades for a while. Then when Maghen can't stand to wait any longer we do presents. This year she wasn't the youngest anymore so she didn't get to go first. Haha Mag-wen Haha! All three of us got some very nice gifts in books, clothes, a new still camera, and for Britt lots of toys.

Then Christmas day we always spend at home. We we were just a few years old, Mother and Daddy decided that it was rediculous to rush through Christmas and then make us as kids leave everything to drive somewhere else for another Christmas. So, she told everyone that they could have any other time on any other day, but that we would be home for Christmas. This is something that I would very much like to do one of these days. Mother is a pro at dragging out Christmas to last as long as possible. We always get our stockings and a book bag first (a gift bag full of book, because you know, in this house every holiday is an excuse for more books). Then Mother has a huge breakfast that she cooks and we eat and eat until we can't hardly move, and everything is most gone. Then we do presents, one at a time and very often we can streach things out till noon or 1, around which Grandmother and Granddaddy often swing by with leftover, or for finger foods for lunch and to visit a little while. We spend the rest of the day playing the games we got, or watching the movies we got, and just laying around the house together. It's a really special time of year, and I can't express how thankful I was to be home this year, at best we might be able to come home again next year since Christmas would fall over the weekend, but by the time that Britt is (about to be) 3 I want to plan for us to be at our home for his Christmas. So it was extra special to me to be here.

Today we will be traveling up to Tennessee to see Daddy's side of the family. So see you again later!