MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hey all!

Wow it has been a long time since I last wrote and I am so sorry! (Won�€™t happen again) Well things are slowly coming for my fan wall so expect pictures coming soon. I wished I could say I was busy with work but with school and being sick 2 times in a month can really mess ya over!

I really wanted to write because Christmas is my most favorite time of the year and I wanted to share some of our family traditions and fun times with all of you. Well after Thanksgiving dinner we always put up the Christmas tree and every other year my mom lets my dad do his Dallas Cowboy tree. This is the year of the Cowboys but my dad is the only one who puts the star on top. Why, I don�€™t know that just how he rolls as he tells us! Plus after Thanksgiving we only listen to Christmas music in the car (unless my dad is not in the car! LOL).

On Christmas Eve we all get dressed up and we have a formal Christmas dinner. We have never been rich and even in years that we couldn�€™t afford a big Christmas we would still always get dressed up for our fancy dinner. We also get to open up one present on Christmas Eve and then save the rest for in the morning. We always have like little donuts and chocolate milk for breakfast. YUM! Then we snack on leftovers >from the night before while watching all the football games. Well my dad and brother watch all the games! I help my mom clean up from all the ripping of wrapping paper all over the house.

New Years Eve is my parents wedding anniversary but they always make it home from their �€œdate�€� to wake us up to watch the ball drop on tv. On New Year�€™s Day more football and we eat black eyed peas, I�€™m not sure why but we do! LOL

I have been really blessed this year and so have you if you think about it but the most important thing to remember is that Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Love you all and I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Alana

Originally posted on Dec 22nd 2007