Merry Christmas Y’all!

I have SO enjoyed this time at home.  I did have a case of the lazies and spent a great deal of quality time on the couch and catchin up on the stories (the Young & the Restless to be exact), but I also did a decent job of catching up with friends (apologies to those I didn’t get to see!).  I don’t think I ever realize how much I miss home until I actually get back.  Sometimes it’s the smallest things…like sweet tea!  I swear I’ve had at least 32 oz of sweet tea on a daily basis!

We seem to have a new tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve…I wasn’t feeling this- I used to have to wait!  I think my little sis is wearing my parents down!

We somehow managed to sleep til 8 am before all running downstairs to open presents (this must be some sort of record).  See my brother Kenny pictured to the right.  Santa was good to all of us (especially me!).

And here’s the baby, Raechel and the puppy Petey.  Somehow Rae always looks like she is ready to go.  Apparently I have not acquired this skill yet.

There were plenty of presents to go around but I think my mother was just excited to have us all home for the holidays.

I should have taken pictures of ALL THE FOOD!  My parents even fried a turkey…I swear I ate so much that I couldn’t breathe and slept the rest of the day away.  It was well worth it though!  This just means I need to really get on the grind to shake these extra pounds when I get back to Sydney.

Now it wouldn’t be Christmas if my mom didn’t try to take some family pictures.  I must admit this was a little fun.

Aww, it’s my family!!

I’m on the way back to Sydney…hopefully I’ll report back with more adventures soon!