Christmas 2010

Christmas this year seemed to fly by - first it was school, work, finals and then suddenly Christmas was upon us and we had to get presents, wrap them and then pack for home so we could make it for Christmas Eve.  Lindy drove toward us on Thursday, the day before Christmas Eve, and I got off work at about 4:45pm, then we left for Modesto by about 6pm.  Lindy then informed us that because it has been raining so much in So Cal, her car had a puddle of water in the passenger side which had sloshed around and so now she had to put all these towels down to soak up the water.

As we were driving home we pulled over at a gas station for Lindy to get some food and to get some gas when we heard a sound coming out of the car - turns out we had run over a bolt [aka, I had] and luckily enough there was a place right there around the corner who was able to patch up the tire.  We ended up getting home around 1am and then had a great weekend at home, visiting my family for Christmas Eve and Kevin's family for Christmas Day.

Grades!

The semester came and went, papers were written, revised and turned in, tests were taken and now grades are up!  I got the same grades I got last semester - B+, B and A- and it was such a tough semester that I'm just so happy and glad that it's all over!  Only 2 more classes left :)

This is our Christmas tree this year [and a Cubs blanket as the tree skirt haha]  Too bad we can't take it home to Modesto with us - it's going to be so lonely here by itself for the whole weekend :(

Dec 12-20th

So, last week I had finals, papers, studying, etc to do so I was a little stressed (ok, lots of stress) so I didn't have time to post on here but I've been thinking about my little blog world.

Finals are over and now it's just time to wait for grades and finishing up this week of work and then heading home on Thursday night for Christmas Eve.  And today's picture is of Frost the Snowman!  Someone posted something about this the other day and I suddenly remembered how much we used to watch this cartoon :)  Merry Christmas!

Santa Claus!

Christmas Tree!

This isn't our actual tree but if we had one, it could look like this :)  Christmas Trees are definitely a Christmas memory and probably my biggest, or let's say most memorable Christmas Tree was our Almond Christmas Tree.  I tried to google it but couldn't find any pictures as great as how ours really was.

When I was in fourth grade or so Sherri caught the chicken pox and we weren't able to have Christmas with the family that year because we were contagious.  Therefore, mom and dad thought it would be a great idea to cut down an almond tree and decorate it.  Well, we definitely were able to fit all of our ornaments on it that year and it was probably the craziest tree we've ever had.  But great memories :)

Blast from the Past

So, mom brought up our nativity scene Christmas card from my last post so here's the real deal.  An oldie but a goodie haha.

This was another card we did - had to get Lindy in there . . . she's very sensitive about any pictures that are from before she was around - she doesn't like it at all haha.  

Hope everyone enjoys these Christmas cards :)

Nativity Scene

Gleeeeeee!

It's a Glee Christmas!

Day 5 [a day late]

Another favorite Christmas movie - The Santa Clause.  It was a hit in our house and we would watch it all the time  - can't believe they made a sequel.  Anywhoo . . . 

Day 4

Keeping with the movie theme, I decided to post one of our most watched and beloved Christmas films - Home Alone.  I think my sisters and I would just watch this year-round . . . but still, it began as a Christmas movie.  And this was probably the first film I watched that had John Candy in it and of course we all wanted to create all the fun tricks and traps that Macauly Culkin set up.

Rudolph!

Day 3 . . . this was my favorite movie [besides How the Grinch Stole Christmas] when I was little.  I still remember the clay animation Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from when I was little and it seemed like I would watch it all the time.  

Snoopy Christmas

Day #2 of Christmas postings . . . is Snoopy Christmas :)  

Christmas Calendar

So, another blog I'm following is doing a December Calendar where they post a picture everyday until Christmas.  I was thinking that this is a cute idea so my theme will be what makes me think of Christmas.

These are sugar cookies and always remind me of when my mom and grandma would make them for Christmas.  I would LOVE these cookies and basically eat all of them before Christmas actually arrived. I would even try to sneak some of them when no one was looking.  I think it worked most of the time.

Anyway, here's Day 1 of Christmas images :)