A whirlwind, yummy, holiday!

Ok. So everyone & their mother must be trying to post a new entry on their blogs because I'm having issues with the posting tonight. This entry doesn't have pictures because I tried to upload them twice with no success. I wonder what's going on....maybe someone in all of my pictures actually was too big of a file size for my blog! :)

Anyway, I guess I will post my text tonight & do the pictures within the next couple of days, so check back.

Kyle & I had a wonderful Christmas break. I didn't have to work for 9 WHOLE DAYS, which was awesome. I also entered the world of facebooking, so if you are on facebook, look me up.

We left for Ohio the Saturday before Christmas and stayed for a week. It was a blessing to be "home for Christmas." No snow this year.

On Sunday we celebrated Christmas with the Collins side of the family. We had a White elephant gift exchange, which was fun. The really funny part was that my mom had actual "junk" that you would give in a white elephant exchange. Everyone else had pretty good stuff. Maybe the saying "one man's junk is another man's treasure" is true this time around.

On Monday we got ready for Christmas Eve dinner. I helped Kristen deliver the traditional homemade cinnamon rolls to all local aunts, uncles, & cousins. Grandma & Grandpa came over for Christmas Eve dinner. Mom made a delicious meal as usual. This year it was beef burgundy & shrimp scampi...yum!

Tuesday morning we had Christmas with mom, dad, Kristen, Tim, & Julie. Kyle & I were silly & purchased gag gifts at the dollar store for everyone as stocking stuffers. We then enjoyed the rest of Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's house with all of the rest of the family. Grandma made her homemade noodles & mashed potatoes, which are my favorite. All of the cousins played a game called "Things" to wrap up bonding at Christmas.

Wednesday we hung out in Piqua & went to see Alvin & the Chipmunks with my family. I guess there is nothing else to do in Piqua, so everyone & their mother was at the mall. It was so crowded in the theatre that we had to all sit separately to see the movie, but it was still fun.

Thursday was our "Lima day." We went up to Lima where I visited my old workplace & co-workers, then we went to a party to see our church friends.

Friday we did some more shopping, eating (we ate well the whole trip), ended the day by seeing National Treasure with my family. This time we all got to sit together at the movie, yippee!

On Saturday we had lunch at Bob Evans on the way to the airport and then we came home to Texas.

I'm not sure what feels like home yet. Piqua will always be my hometown, but hopefully Texas will feel more like home as time goes by.

Pictures to be posted tomorrow. Happy New Year 2008!