Day 358

Christmas Eve! I woke up & relaxed a little while before eventually getting up and getting ready for the Christmas Eve service at church. Grandmom met us at church for the service so we all enjoyed sitting together. As usual, my family had to read scripture for one of the candles. We read the first one and I split the scripture reading with Mom while Caleb lit the candle. After all of the readings, we had communion & then lined up around the church and lit candles and sang Christmas carols. Getting home, we took pictures of the family with the tripod. We enjoyed a yummy supper of chili and after telling Grandmom goodnight, we relaxed a little before bed.

Day 357

Today! Today has been my laziest day BY FAR. I have officially stayed in my pajamas all day & I've loved it! I woke up & wandered down stairs for breakfast...turning on the movie Flicka. Caleb declared this a bad choice of something to watch on TV so he left & Mom did, too. It was time for lunch then so we all sat down and watched Knight & Day. I really enjoyed that movie too! Afterwards, I sat down & read for a good while. It's a book my grandmom lent my mom: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. Caleb Dad & Mom worked on cleaning Caleb's car. After it was time for supper so after the food was fixed we watched Despicable Me. I've seen it before but loved it just as much this time! We tried to watch The Princess Bride on TV but we all got tired & went off on our separate ways to bed. I think I'll text Alex & read my book a little while longer before bed :).

Day 356

Wednesday was a much more productive day than Tuesday. I woke up & headed to my hair salon - West Mane - because I was in desperate need of a hair cut. I won't say what I got done because my dear boyfriend doesn't want to know until he sees me during break (not that he'll read this or anything...I'm just being safe). I do like my new hair cut for sure. I quickly went to the library & grabbed a few books before heading home. Not long after, I left again & headed to El Tejado to meet some friends from high school for lunch. There we met Lauren's brand new fiance...Will. From there, Lauren, Will, & I headed out to High Falls so we could take some engagement pictures! I had volunteered to take pictures of them but this was prior to their engagement...so it all worked out great! We had a lot of fun taking pictures & I'm glad I'm getting more experience. At home, I made a run to Ingles with Mom so we could pick up some milk & movies to watch. We got Knight & Day, Despicable Me, & Eat, Pray, Love. We ordered Grits Burgers to-go and sat down to enjoy. We also made some buttermilk mints (amazing but oh so addicting little holiday treats) that we rolled up into little mints during our movie of the night: Eat, Pray, Love. I really enjoyed it & wouldn't mind watching it again!

Day 355

I lounged around most of Tuesday morning until I took the time to get out of my PJ's. Tuesday afternoon, the family headed into Macon to watch Tron. We all enjoyed it! We sat around the house for a little while and then Mom & Dad left for a Christmas party. Caleb & I spent the rest of the evening watching TV. Yeah I'm doing a whole lot of nothing over break, & it's so nice!

Day 354

Monday was a full day. I woke up early to take my car to the shop. Then Dad & I drove to drop Mom's car off at the VW dealership in Macon...also to get fixed. Getting back home, we went straight to church so we could start backing up the bookbags & other supplies we were shipping to Liberia. I left early & went home for lunch before heading back to Macon to do a photo shoot! I met up with Koty & Michelle (friends from high school) and took some shots of them. I hadn't done that in a while & it was lots of fun. Getting back home I sat around for a bit & then rode with Mom & Dad back to Macon to pick up Mom's car. 3 trips to & from Macon is more than enough for one day!

Day 353

Sunday! I woke up & showered and we all headed off to church (well, Dad was already there but that's besides the point). Sunday school & the service went well. After relaxing a few hours at home, we headed back that evening for a special Christmas service where the choir sang lots of songs & we had a mini orchestra for accompaniment. Afterwards, there was a little snack social. It's hard to believe Christmas is so close! :)

Day 352

Saturday started earlier than a normal Saturday but that's fine with me. I had to help Mom prepare goodies for our family Christmas get together later that afternoon. I had cut a recipe off of the back of a bag of candy cane Hershey kisses just to see if Mom would ever make it & it turns out we were making it together! The recipe was for a cheesecake using the Hershey kisses so I was excited. We made the cake & it turned out alright but we didn't taste it yet. After finishing the rest of the cooking, we got everything together & headed off to Macon. We stopped at Yankee Candle to get some Christmas presents first and then went to pick up my Grandmom. We met my uncle & company at Cheddar's & after a too long wait we were finally seated. The food was very yummy & we headed back to Grandmom's house. We exchanged presents & ate the dessert. We were all tired once we got back to the house & I went to bed very early that night.