And when I woke up...
It was a dream come true!!!
It was almost too much too hope that it would snow on CHRISTMAS DAY, but it did! Thank you Lord! :)
It's not really considered a 'White Christmas', since there's not 1 inch of snow on the ground {a lot of the snow from last time has melted, so there are little grass patches!}, but that's OK with me! It's close enough :) It's still supposed to snow for at least the next 2 days!!! YAY!!!
So...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
SO excited!!! I've been waiting for today for a looong time! I still can't believe it's here!
Last evening, I surprised mom and dad with a trick I had taught Oliver... I taught him how to pray! Haha! It's so cute! He'll lay down, and keep his head on the ground, and when I say 'amen', he'll pop back up for his treat! It's ADORABLE!!! :)
I woke up at 7:00 to do my devotions {Well, first of all, it was ANOTHER really rough night... I had had coffee punch at my grandpa's house that evening, and I guess it had just enough caffeine in it to keep me awake! And on top of that, Joelle has a cold, so she was SO stuffed up she was snoring like CRAZY!!! I'd never heard her snore that loud! Oliver was being crazy, so he slept on mom and dads bed. I put the fan beside me, turned it on HIGH, and I could still hear her. So I ended up suffocating myself under my pillow until I fell asleep! But then I woke up and it was CHRISTMAS!!!}, and then woke Joelle up around 7:15. We woke Jenny up, and I got Oliver, and we sorted all the presents! Mom, dad, and Kate came out and we started to open presents!!!
AND because I love lists... here are 2 lists. The first list is gifts I gave others, and the second one is gifts I received!
Gifts I Gave:
- Gloves - Dad
- Hat - Dad
- Lap desk - Mom
- The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian - Jenny {I was SUPER excited about giving this one! I wanted to watch it too!!!}
- Silver balls from Michael's - Kate
- Coupon book - Mom
- Long PINK body pillow - Joelle
- Puzzle - Joelle
- LONG rawhide bone - Oliver :)
- And my favorite... I am taking Joelle to see Tangled in theaters sometime next week! I promised her a bucket of popcorn with extra butter :)
I am really excited to see Tangled again! And I really hope Joelle likes it, because this is her first time in a movie theater :)
And here are the gifts I RECEIVED!!! :)
- Buttercream Yankee candle - Mom and dad
- Picture puzzle book - Jenny
- Zebra lamp shade - Kate
- Dog sweater! - Joelle
- Mudd watch - Mom and dad
- A COMPLETE zebra room set! And my mom made it! She made pillowcases, accent pillows, curtains, EVERYTHING! - Mom and dad
- 2 black bedspreads - Mom and dad
- 2 ADORABLE notebooks! - Mom and dad
- $20 - Grandpa and Margaret
- Moonlight Path body wash @ Bath and Body works - Margaret
I am so happy with all I received! Thank you everyone! Especially mom and dad :)
And now pictures of my gifts!
Isn't my watch beautiful???
These are actually super hard!
Joelle was VERY excited!!!
Oliver went NUTS over all the wrapping paper! Just as I predicted :)
Aren't they gorgeous??? I adore notebooks :) I buy at least one every time I got into Ross! I might need to start a notebook fund! I wonder how much money I've spent on notebooks over the years...
I didn't get pictures of my zebra bedroom set, because that has to be a surprise!!! We should paint on Monday, and I'm super excited!!! I can't wait to post about it :)
Here is our Christmas card this year:
Yeah, I know it's super pixilated, but I must have deleted them off of BOTH computers, so I don't have the original anymore! It made me so sad :( I had to get this one off of Shutterfly. But anyway, you get the idea! Isn't it cute??? I used the fonts Amelie and Champagne & Limousines, and I especially LOVE Amelie! I want to use it in my next blog design :)
I hope you all have a VERY merry Christmas! I will post more later, but for now, off to watch Prince Caspian!!! FOR NARNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
