It has been a crazy December here at our house. It's been amazing but it sure has gone by really fast. We looked up and it was Thanksgiving and now we're just days away from Christmas and we are so excited.We started the wonderful celebrations of December a day early with a Saints win against the New England Patriots. We have had such an awesome season and we've gotten to go to a lot more games than we ever expected. We were 13-0 until yesterday and we lost to the Cowboys, so that makes it 13-1, but I have to say nobody would have ever expected it. We have season tickets and are looking forward to the playoffs :)
During this time of year we also have recruitment season for the Med/Peds program. I actually like it, and for a selfish reason not for the applicants themselves. It's because we get to see our friends more...ha :) We had a party at our house and we made chili and it was great! If I do say so myself, our chili is sooo good!
Don't hate, but for a really long time my favorite artist has been Kelly Clarkson. One of the greatest things about living in this wonderful city is that there are so many concerts and things to do. We found out she as coming in the middle of December, but I told Amanda that the tickets were a little bit too expensive for the month of December...but she didn't think so ;) So we went and it was so incredible!!!! We were really close and we had such a great time! I am so lucky.
We have a yearly tradition of making Christmas cookies and it is so much fun! This year I decided I was going to try to make Peanut Butter fudge and even though Amanda thinks it's a little too sugary, it turned out great. I also decided that we should make some type of sugar cookie, so I found one and it was a Rudoph cookie with pretzel antlers and red noses; they were cute but not worth the effort! Amanda made her favorites of schotcheroo's and peanut butter thumb print with hershey kisses on top. It was so fun and everything turned out great!!!
One of our neighbors actually sold us our house in 2008. She is such a wonderful person and she is trying to rebuild this neighborhood all by herself it seems. She has done 3 so far. Anyways, she always has a Christmas party and rents out an entire restaurant. We went this past week and it was great. A lot of our neighbors were there along with some other good friends. It was so much fun. I have to say that was the best Christmas Party this year!
So this week is Christmas and we have a week filled. We are driving to Mobile on Tuesday night to have dinner with Paul and his beautiful family. We are so lucky to have them in our lives. They truly hold a special place in my heart. On Wednesday morning we are getting up early to drive to Birmingham to keep Aiden and Harper for Amanda's sister. Amanda is planning a trip to Chuck-E-Cheese, so I am quite sure that Aiden will be extremely happy! We're getting up early the next morning to drive to my sister's house. On Christmas Eve we are going with my mom and my GG to Callaway to see the beautiful lights. I'm so excited because I have so many memories wrapped up in that place and it's going to be extra special to have GG with us. Christmas Day at my sisters. I am so excited to see Emily on Christmas morning with Santa presents and such, followed by driving to my Grandparents and seeing my family that I haven't seen in almost a year. Celebrating my sister's birthday on Saturday and then driving back Sunday with a stop over in Pensacola to see Mema and Grandaddy. It is a lot in 6 days, but it's going to be awesome!
This year has been amazing. Filled with many memories for a lifetime! I cannot wait to see what next year holds! Merry Christmas!
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