wow isn't it maddening and crazy how much of a run up to Christmas there is? and then in one day swoosh all done! after arriving back from visiting Matt's mom and sister we chilled out for a bit before going to check out a new sofa that my parents wanted even though we decided the sofa was a no Matt and my Dad decided that the computer desk still had to be moved. so they spent most of their day occupied with the rearrangement of furniture while the rest of us just hung out .
In the past we have taken Emma Christmas shopping for the family and decided to take her again this year. we were heading to the €2 store we passed a thrift store and decided why not look around! well lets say for the same amount of money o would have spent in the €2 store we got better stuff for everyone my sisters got jewelry and her cousins got usable toys! we did get the spouses (matt david and stewy) stuff from the €2 store silly string was what they got as for granny and pop a transformer sponge and bubble bath for Pop and a Hula hoop for Granny! it was a fun day. Robert Emma's cousin is 2 so he also helped pick out stuff to gicve to his cousins! most of this week has actually been devoted to shopping mostly for food but we kept picking little bits and pieces up for presents. We finally wrapped the presents on Tuesday night!
Wednesday we went carol singing and dropped of some cookies to those we carolled to it was fun and as always totally embarrassing! Emma Matt and Pop were confined to quarters as all where sick and we didn't want them getting sicker! after carol singing we worked our way up to My Aunt and Uncles house(their family had also come carol singing with us) for some hot chocolate and mince pies! in case someone didn't like mince pies we also brought apple pies turns out just about everyone prefers apple pies to mince pies!!!! so on top of the hot chocolate and the apple pie with cream and custard was custard custard and more custard which the next morning i regretted! no one should eat that much dairy in one sitting! but since custard is one of those things you cant really get in America i have to have it while i can!!!!!
This week Emma and Robert spent a lot of time with each other and like the title says they get on like a house on fire... that is really really well until the house burns down! anyway its a good thing for both of them Robert doesn't have an older sibling and Emma doesn't have a younger sibling so they are still ironing their understanding of each other out! My mom cant help but comment on how much their relationship reminds them of how my cousin Michael and I where when we where little there's even the same age gap ,except Michael was the older kid and i was the younger!
Christmas day and Emma was up at 4 am we contained her ..mostly other than she had to go check if Santa had been yet..until about 6 am then we came downstairs and jumped on Mel (she was sleeping in the lounge) Cath joined us not long after then we waited to be able to wake my parents at 7 . we even ate some breakfast! just after 7 Emma was sent to go wake Granny and Pop (Well she's a grandchild they wouldn't be mad at her!!!!) and there was a knock on the door Jenna was early!!!! and since everyone was up the fun began!!!!!!!!b we received loads of presents my favourites of course where from Emma she bought me a watch earrings and a necklace which she picked out herself -she did a good job of it too!!!! but i got tons of other great presents!as did every one . Later we met my aunts family at the chapel as no one had a house big enough! there's almost too many of us for my parents house without adding uncles and aunts into it too! so we used the relief society room since we were using a big space we also invited the missionaries and a few other people! Dinner was lovely i think Stewy did the biggest amount of cooking and it was well worth it well I appreciate it at least!!!! yum yum yum!!!!
St Stevens day as it is called in Ireland (the 26th dec) was to me even better than Christmas day maybe because the stress was over with? we all had a fry up for breakfast thanks again to Stewy- fried eggs scrambled eggs sausages(real ones!!!!i.e. nothing like those you get in America) bacon black and white pudding (look it up its a meat..sort of)even a few potato wedges we just sat around the table and laughed and laughed and laughed)
The true meaning of Christmas
a celebration of the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ and what a magnificent gift he was from our father in heaven. and the gift he has given us the way to return to our father in Heaven. Family is a great way to feel the true meaning of Christmas loving each other and enjoying each others company! and now i guess i need to start working on those new years resolutions!!!!
hope you had a great Christmas and have a happy new year!!!!
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