The Holidays!

The holidays are fast approaching and I am so excited! My sister, who goes to the University of Nebraska Omaha, is coming home this Wednesday night after her last final! I have missed her so much and can’t wait to play games and hangout with her.  Soon we will be listening to Christmas music and going Christmas shopping together!  I have most of my shopping done but there are still a few things I need to get for a couple more people.  My grandparents from my mom’s side will be coming either right before Christmas or right after Christmas (we haven’t figured everything out yet).  We are doing our Christmas with my dad’s side of the family on Christmas day this year so that will be a lot of fun! We usually do it a little before Christmas because usually my Aunt and Uncle do their own Christmas with my Uncle’s family, but I guess they have different plans this year! After Christmas, my mom’s sister and her husband and kids will be coming on the 27^th and they will stay for a couple of days and celebrate Christmas with us then!  I am so excited to see all of them! They used to live in North Carolina so we didn't see them very often, but they now live in Colorado so they are able to travel and come and spend time with us! Sadly, my brother and my sister in-law won’t be able to make it home for Christmas, because they just moved to Georgia and thought it would just be too much to fly back.  I'm sure we will be calling them a lot.  Also, my brother’s secret Santa will have   to mail their gift to them. Every year, my sister, my two brothers, and I put our names into a hat and draw somebody’s name out.  We then get to buy a Christmas present for that person! I will be different because Keegan is not here to open them up with us but hopefully we can call him and Skype him so that we can still spend time with him on Christmas.