Merry Christmas

This Christmas was different from any other Christmas in my past. I got to share Christmas with John's family and with my family. Christmas Eve Brunch was at my aunt Beth's house, Christmas Eve dinner was at John's Maw Maw's house, Christmas morning was my very last ever with my parents and John, Christmas lunch was at Granny's, and we ended with having Christmas night at the house with April, Larry, Bryce, Josh, John, and my parents.
It was a very relaxing two days. Everything was stretched out over the days so that we wouldn't have to rush from place to place. Christmas morning was not too sad for me like I thought it would be. It was very enjoyable and it lasted a long time. Josh and I actualy woke up early Christmas morning. I think both of us were very excited! Granny's was great as usual and very peaceful. Mom and Dad's Christmas was so fun. We always play cherades and it is always full of laughs and jokes.
Christmas next year will be a little different not being at my parents house on Christmas morning but I'm so ready, and excited to start new traditions with John.
Now, after many months of saying "Yeah, we'll just plan the wedding more after Christmas." ...Well, here we go! Let the planning begin and hit full force! I'm beginning today by going to Hobby Lobby and buying all Christmas decor for mine and John's home next year! Merry Christmas

A Merry Titans Christmas

John and I had the oppertunity to go to the Titans vs. Jets game yesterday. We were very excited to get to have a fun date. So we bundled up with many sweaters and clothes to make sure we weren't freezing once the sun went down. I had a NY Yankees noogie on, without thinking. On our long trec to the stadium from our $20.00 parking spot (one would think that $20.00 would have you right there by the field.) there were some Jet's fans behind us. That is where it hit me...I'm wearing a NY hat...great. So, thinking maybe noone would notice, as we are walking to our seats in the stadium someone shouts out, "Go Yankees". I felt threatened and a bit embarrassed so I took the noogie off and put on my ear warmers...which were not as warm sadly. John and I found the whole situation amusing. We had a great time and really enjoyed the game. We left at the beginning of the fourth just to skip traffic. Interestingly enough, by the time we got to our car the game was almost over! More to come: Christmas Eve!

New Traditions-The Maholland Christmas

John's mom decided to begin a new tradition this year for Christmas. Every year now John's parents and brothers plus me will eat dinner and open gifts from each other on Christmas Eve-Eve. We kicked off the tradition last night. It was nice to start Christmas early! We had one amazing dinner, my future mother-in-law is one heck of a cook, and we enjoyed presents from each other! Afterward we played Twister, John and I got Luke that for Christmas!
It's really nice to be a part of a new family! With all boys, John's mom seems to love to have a girl around the house a lot!
I'm really looking forward to starting my own family with me and John. Only 5 months and 4 weeks away, my heart starts pounding a bit just thinking about the excitment and our big day to start the rest of our lives together!

Step-Kick-Step-Kick

The Rockettes! John and I went to the Rockettes last night for our anniversary. It was so amazing! We had never been and really didn't know what to expect but only women dancing and kicking about the stage! It was so much more than that. We enjoyed every moment of the show. We ate at P.F. Changs afterward. It was yummy yummy food. We had such a fun time together.
The ending of the Rockettes was the very best! The Rockettes left the stage and the ending scene was amazing. I will leave you all with this important message given to hundreds of guests at the show last night.

He was born in an obscure willage, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village, where He work in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itnerant preacher. He never had a family or owned a home. He never set foor insice a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never wrote a book, or held an office. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. While He was still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. His friends deserted Him. He was turned over to His enemies, and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two theives. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had-his coat. When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave. Two thousand years have come and gone, and today He is the central figure for much of the human race. Al the armies that ever marches, all the navies that ever sailed, and all the parliaments that ever sad and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of a man upon this earth as powerfully as the "one Solitary Life."

More Decorating

We put up our Christmas tree tonight for my last time with my parents. It was fun! We played Christmas music like we always do, broke ornaments like we always do, and we were pleased with the outcome, like we always are! The first ornament on our tree this year was a Lucy ornament that I got last Christmas! Unfortunately, when mom broke a glass ball, like we do every year, it scared me and I broke Lucy's megaphone off! It was funny, and it can be fixed! We just laughed! Funny enough the picture of me and Lucy was taken just before the catastrophe! I love my parents, and it was very nice to get to spend time with them doing something we love to do together each year.