Our Christmastime and a Simple Christmas Card Design

Christmas is one of the most wonderful times of the year, with parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting, and caroling out in the snow...I think might be a song in there somewhere. I also wanted to share a special Christmas card design I've been using this year!

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: Christmas 2016

Inspecting gifts. We determined this one was soap.

Today is the best day of the entire year -- Christmas Day!! Well, maybe it's not still Christmas in Australia or someplace like that, but that's beside the point.

I love everything about Christmas, and seeing as how today is pretty much my favorite holiday of the year, I feel obligated to write a blog post about the greatness of this day.

My family and I always open presents from friends on Christmas Eve after dinner. There were all sorts of fun gifts last night, such as candy, a 1,000 piece puzzle, and wrapping paper. There was also bubble gum for Esther...a rather hazardous combination, considering the type of bubble gum eater she is.

The Twelve Days of Christmas (College Edition)

Hello and welcome back to my blog! As some of you may have noticed, I haven't posted on my blog in some time. Hopefully this post will help explain why...Without further ado, allow me to present you with my College Edition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

Christmastime 2013

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I posted so I thought I'd do a post on Christmas! We did a lot of fun things this December:

December 10- We got 2 or 3 inches of snow and Esther helped me make this giant snowball. It was heavy!

December 10- This thing must have weighed over 100 pounds!

December 14- Decorating the Christmas tree! By the way, that's not an ornament Esther's eating.

December 15- Christmas decorating- I didn't even know they made wreathes for your neck! It certainly wasn't the most comfortable thing I've ever worn.

December 16- My home school group had a Christmas party and afterwards some of the kids and I sang Christmas songs for the parents.

December 21- My aunt and her family came up here from North Carolina and we had a family Christmas party at my Grandpa's place. From left to right: my dad, Grandpa, Aunt Mary, and Aunt Jean.

December 21- From left to right: My cousin Maaza, Esther, my dad, Grandpa, Aunt Mary, my cousin Libbie, me, Aunt Jean, my cousins Scott and Alex, and Uncle R.L. 

Christmas Eve

After one of our favorite dinners (hamburger and potatoes), we got to open some early presents:

Gifts from our friends down in Texas -perfume and Nancy Drew books!

Gifts from friends- including candy and hot cocoa mix! 

Gifts from our parents including candy, movies, and nailpolish.

Christmas Day

We had Christmas by ourselves this year since our friends were all with their families.

Christmas morning! This is Esther and I right before we started opening presents. Google automatically added the sparkles on the windows for some reason...

A hat and scarf set Esther crocheted, which seems a little small on me. The sparkles on the tree were also automatically added by Google.

Gifts from my parents, including movies and makeup!

I made this earring holder for Esther since she got her ears pierced recently and she's been getting lots of earrings!

Buffy enjoyed the tissue paper more than the gifts!

Lots of good movies!

Family pictures with my parents, Esther, and I:

Merry Christmas everyone!