~Christmas 2007~

Ben & I were with my family this year for Christmas, and we all headed to Cali! My spoiled, but cute, little brother was able to hitch a ride down with the Bride's on Thursday morning to the valley. I picked him up and he stayed with us Thursday night. He went to work with me on Friday and we left after Ben was done with work. We went to my Uncle Jeff's house first (in Huntington Beach)...they kept us busy with dominos, frisbee golf, racquetball, flag football, video games, card playing, and a trip to the movies! We headed up to my Uncle Justins house (in Santa Clarita) on Sunday afternoon. My family also arrived at Justin's house on Sunday. They hosted Christmas this year and it was so much fun. My Aunt Tonya always has the neatest Christmas decorations and we had some fantastic food! My little cousins got a rock band thing for XBOX 360 from Santa...and BOY! Let me tell you, our family was rockin' out! Just try to picture my uncle on the guitar, Ben singing in the microphone, and my dad on the drums, all jammin' out to old-school rock'n'roll songs! It was hiliarious! On the 26th, all of the boys (plus Ashley) went to a paintball place called SC Village where they got to paintball ALL day! They all had a blast! I picked Ben and Ashley up and we headed home from there (Ash needed to be back for her basketball tournament down here). As far as big presents go...my slibings got a dirtbike, Ben got a puppy (he named him Hunter), and my parents got us a BBQ! But the BEST part of Christmas this year was getting to talk to Joel for over an hour! He sounded great. For Christmas him and his companion got to watch the Disney movie "Cars." Talking to him brought back all those sad feelings I have been pushing away of missing him, but I know he is where he needs to be! He has been serving in the Moses Lake area, but recently got transferred to a city called Wenatchee. One Christmas down, one more to go! Christmas is always my favorite time of year because of the warmth and joy it brings. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season!