Can we say "Busy" ? !!!!!!!!!
Well MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!!!!!!
i have had no time to post what-so-ever since Christmas Eve Eve!
The past 5 days in reveiw :
Wednesday : Christmas Eve !!!!
I woke up at 9:00 am and went to Yankee Candle in Deerfield with Jen !!! we had such a Good Time!!!! we both each got ourselves a stuffed animal cause we couldn't resist!!!! i got the cutest little duck ever!!!!! his name is Puddles!!!! the whole place got me in the Christmas spirit bigtime!
we got home around 1:00 and helped my mom get everything ready for dinner. my whole family came over and Bobbi-Jo, Jen, and I all watched Santa Clause 2 while the guys played X-box! we all sat around after dinner and opened presents while we listened to Christmas songs on the stereo! i loved watching everyone open all of their gifts! after presents and some of the family left we watched the family classic: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!!!!! I LOVE that movie! when everyone left my parents and i decided to open our gifts to each other. I got sooo much great stuff !! a lot more than i deserve!!! my most exciting gift was that i got all the seasons of Friends on DVD !!!!!!!!! i also got Spongebob PJ's, an irish sweater, Harry Potter books, a hair straightener, a really pretty candle holder in the shape of a sand castle, a Rudolph snow globe, some DVDs, and some other cool stuff !!!!
the entire time that i was opening presents i couldn't help but realize that the reason i got sooooo much this year is that this year instead of buying for two kids, my parents only had to buy for one. this hit me really hard but i kept myself together and thanked mom and dad, and gave them the biggest hugs they had ever had!!!!! it was really hard not having Evan with us through all the fun we were having, somehow it just didn't seem like the holiday was complete this year! but my family and friends have helped me through sooooooo much!!!!! and in my heart i know that he and Auntie Sheila were really with us the whole time!!!
Thursday : Christmas Day!!!
we went over my aunt's for lunch/dinner with my dad's whole side of the family and i had soooo much fun with all of my little cousin's !!!! i love my family soooooo much words could never describe it!!! i had to sit at the kiddie table but i had a great time!!!! i never knew that it was possible for food to be eaten that quickly!!! lol. after gifts and food i played Schlivetz (a card game) with Uncle Brian, Uncle Mario, Andre, and Grandpa. i had never played before but i did pretty well for a beginner!! we stayed there for dinner and Justin entertained us with a dance he learned for the wedding on Saturday!
Friday : got my nails done, brought my mom to work, and i worked 5-11 :o(
and cause someone called out in bakery cheryl went over there and i was forced to work alone for the next 3 and 1/2 hours!!! let me tell ya ! that was a good time!!! >note the sarcasm here!!!!
and to beat that with just 15 minutes left until closing i went to clean my glasses - and : ta-dah : they snap in half !!!!!!!! isn't that just my luck- the day before Mandy's wedding!!!!!
Saturday : i wake up and go to Lenscrafters with my parents to buy a new pair of glasses. luckily they had a frame almost identical to mine so that was a quick experience!!
then at 4:00 : MANDY & MIKE'S WEDDING !!!!!
the ceremony was sooooooo beautiful! the church was decorated perfectly! while they were lighting the unity candles they played a recording they made of the song "The Prayer" with my Aunt playing the piano, Kelly playing the flute, and Mandy singing. It was so beautiful that i cried the during the entire song!
after the ceremony we went to The K of C on the Drive for the reception. it was the most fun i have had in a long time! the food was really good - i got the chicken. we danced sooooooo much that night! and it was nice because the DJ played all different kinds of music. Mike's family all came up from Staten Island for the wedding so they played a bunch of New York related songs! and because Mandy is moving to Dallas Texas we danced 2 line dances and the best one of them all : Cotton Eye Joe!!!! Mandy was such a beautiful bride and her dress was soooo gorgeous! Mandy and Mike make a really cute couple and you can tell that they are sooooo happy!!!
On that lovely note i shall bid you good night and a happy new year!!!!!!