Life is Great when You're a Pate: Getting Ready for Christmas!

Sorry. I guess I am not a very consistent blogger. I will try to catch you up. We have been super busy. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We first went to my Aunt Emily’s and enjoyed eating with the family. Next we went to Jason’s Nanny and Popa’s house. We ate a little bit more and looked through the sale papers. After that we went out to Jason’s Mawmaw and Pawpaw’s house. Once again, we ate! We also continued to look through the Black Friday sale papers. We also began to make our plan. After returning home we took a nap and headed out again. Thanks to Jason’s dad for keeping Libby, because we needed to split up. Jason and his brother went to Target and I met his mom at Wal-Mart. She had been up all night! We had several things we wanted to get and we got them all! We conquered Black Friday! We all know what came next…. A certain football game…..but that is all I will say about that.

Since Thanksgiving we have been super busy with the girls’ basketball team we coach. In December we have 3 games a week! As you can imagine, with a little one, (well, even without a little one), that can be really tiring! We are so fortunate to have Mrs. Paige who is willing to hold Libby during the games. Our girls have been doing really good. Right now we are 10-2.

I also would like to say that our house is decorated and I have almost finished all of my shopping. I only have one or two Dirty Santa gifts to buy! Also, the gifts I have bought are already wrapped! Don’t be a hater if you are behind….. I just like to get it all done because I like to have gifts under my tree!

Last night we had a wonderful time with our Sunday School class at our Christmas party. We ate too much and laughed soooo hard! Dirty Santa was fun. I left with a gift certificate to Charming Charlie’s. I don’t know if you have one of these stores where you live, but it is amazing. It is basically a purse and accessories store that is color coordinated. After playing Dirty Santa, we played a game that Patrick came up with. It was basically a trivia game about Christmas movies. We either had to finish a quote, say who said the quote, or name the movie the quote came from. My team dominated!

Well, I hope you are not stressing out about Christmas! I love this time of year! If you have a lot to do still take a breath and remember why we celebrate this holiday!