Hello all! Just want to enter my first blog and hopefully you will enter as many blogs as you can and we can stay in touch in one spot. This Christmas was a blessing. We enjoyed many fun times and gatherings. Jessica is now 14 and it's hard to believe that in less than 1 year and a half she will be getting her driver's permit! Ahhh! I feel too young to have a 14 year old! Can you imagine...I am only going to be 36 when she goes to college! I hope you all enjoyed our Christmas letter and for those of you who did not get it, I would be happy to email it to you. Greg's family is the only ones that I have heard so far that noticed a mistake I made in writing. I had mentioned a flag that Jeff and Greg spent all day putting up and remarked on the size of it. Well, when I asked Greg what the size was, he thought I was talking about the flag on our flag pole, not the LARGE flag, so the correction is that the flag was actually like 20 x 30 or something like that. So it actually was large. Everyone beside Greg's family didn't even notice from the people I talked to, but if you did notice, here is your correction. lol. I think this year, I may do a month by month, so that when it's time to make the letter, I don't have to do it in one day and if there is mistakes, oh well! That is what this blog will be for. lol. Back to Christmas, we had a great time in the morning doing our Christmas...Jess got over 40 books, I think she said more around 65 after the day was over. She loves to read, but even that amount will take her a time. She was so funny, she had them all spread out on her bed and she was making sure they were in order. The only one I missed is the one she wants to read next. I guess I am going to have to get on the ball and get that book. At least she can skip to the Thriller Edition. The series she is into if you all are wondering as I reminise, is Sweet Valley. The University Edition is what I bought her, Jamie bought her the Thriller Edition, so she is super excited! I haven't ever seen a kid so excited to receive books...lol. I am impressed she likes those books, those are the books I use to read at her age and I loved Jessica in there and that is why I named her Jessica, believe it or not. Come to find out, she is more like Elizabeth than Jessica, but I still liked the name! She got an Ipod for her bday and thank you to everyone who got her Ipod money, she is thrilled! We then went over to my Mom's house and spent the day with the family. Mom and Larry made an excellent meal, I took dessert and it was nice to spend time with my family. It's always really hectic at that house, but I love the noise! We stayed there for awhile and then headed over to Greg's family's. We had such a great time over there! It was so much fun to get to hold my new niece Ali and I got a HUGE kiss from my first niece Kylee. We went for a walk and talked and opened presents. It's so fun to see the kids enjoy Christmas. Kylee has really grown, she was able to wait for each person to open presents. Grammie and Mary made it over, so we got some really nice pics and some nice conversation. We got home about 8-9ish and it sure was a long day! After we got everything put away, we crashed! It sure was a tiring day. I had a hard time getting up the next day, so I can imagine how Greg felt, since he had to be at work at a certain time! Last night, Greg made up for it though and slept for about 11 hours. lol. Well, here was our Christmas! Please feel free to tell us all about your Christmas! It's nice that we can share all in one place! Long or short, join in! --Christy.
