Thanksgiving, Columbia/Sonora trip, Christmas

Well, looks like I get around to updating my blog every few months. I try to do it more often, but I just seem to be too busy lately and haven't gotten around to updating. I tried to upload some pictures from my Columbia/Sonora trip and Christmas, but it's just not letting me do that, so I'll have to post pic's later, ugh. For Thanksgiving it was my Mom, Aaron, Amy, and I. Us kids helped with Thanksgiving dinner since my Mom was sore from her surgery a couple days before and dinner turned out great and very yummy! :P I got some great black Friday deals online and didn't have to go out with all the crazies, yeah! :) My sister Ashley and brother in law Andre' came down from Utah for a couple of weeks in December and spent Christmas with us, that was fun and great to see them! :) We, my Mom, Aaron, Amy, Ashley, Andre', and I went to Columbia, CA for the day and had lots of fun there. We went to the candy kitchen and got some yummy candy, checked out the shops and all the historic sites and stuff. My Mom's parents use to live out there, so growing up we use to go visit there a lot and watch them make the candy canes and wonder around, fun times. Then on the way home, we stopped in Sonora at the Christmas store and got some cute ornaments. I got a flip flop ornament and a duck one too. Even though my cheek was swollen up pretty big and I had an infection, the meds helped me feel good enough to go and have fun with family. Plan on making another trip out there in April with my friend and her husband when they're visiting from Michigan, can't wait! :) Christmas Eve we got our ornaments and pj's that my Mom made, been a tradition my whole life and one I plan to continue. We set up Amy's trampoline Christmas Eve while she watched movies, she sure was surprised and loved it Christmas morning! On Christmas morning we opened up our stockings and then ate breakfast and then opened all the other gifts, fun times. I always love it when family is visiting and hanging out with them! The rest of the day we just watched movies, played the Wii, jumped on the trampoline, and hung out. My Mom made dinner and it was yummy. :) New Year's Eve, Amy and I stayed up watching movies and eating snacks and drinking sparkling apple cider until a few minutes before midnight. Then we set off some popper firework things and watched the neighbor set off bottle rockets. 2010 has flown by so fast, can't believe that it's already 2011. For my birthday, December 19th, we had pizza, nachos, and cheesecake, mmm! :P Probably some of the worst things someone lactose intolerant can eat, but I didn't care, it was yummy and what I wanted! The holidays have been great and it's kind of sad that they are over, Christmas is my favorite time! Well, the next chance I get to come on here and update, I'll try to post the pic's again and hope it works. Hope everyone is doing great and having a Happy New Year! :)