*<>Christmas<>*

It was good this year, small but great :). I don't really like the presents part as much as the family part. It's nice to have everyone come together. I'd rather have all my siblings in the same place every year than get any presents. Quality time is the best gift I can get. All the rest is just stuff unless it's something sentimental. The gifts I made my mom and dad this year made them cry. In my opinion that's a successful Christmas. As you can see in the picture below it's just a collection of pictures of us two and then I wrote things that they have given me, shown me, taught me, etc. My dad and I are both crying in this picture even though you can't really tell too much.

I had to get a picture with my brother Ben and my nephew Alec since I don't get to see them much. It'll be going up on my wall at home :). They're crazy, but way fun of course!

Me and all the sibs at home on Christmas morning. I wish the rest could have been there, too!

Me and all my sobrinos except Alec because he was still eating and Jake of course because he's much too little and far away in San Francisco. I'm sure he'd enjoy sitting on someone's lap and watching while trying to eat some of it, too though! :)

Lastly, mom wanted to get a picture of us with the snow since we got a white Christmas this year! I was shocked when I got to Lewiston and there was a foot of snow on the ground. As of this morning most of it has melted, but it's supposed to snow most of this coming week so we'll see what happens, but a white Christmas in Lewiston is pretty historic! :) I wasn't complaining.

~Amigos y Sombreros Nuevos~

Anthony (in the pictures below) helped me pick out these hats. I love them! I wish I would have gotten hats a lot sooner. They are really comfortable, cute and help when I don't really want to do my hair. Hurley is the way to go if you didn't notice ;-)


So here are a couple of my new friends. I love being friends with guys!! They don't have very much drama if any at all...well unless they start liking you which has happened with one of them. They are hilarious though and crazy so we have a lot of fun together. The guy in the green shirt is Brooks Robinson (24) and the one in the white is Anthony Strunk (22). The latter likes me a lot so that has caused some drama, but I'm getting through it. =)

FOOD, FAMILY, FUN = Thanksgiving Break

Being home for Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the time to just chill with the family and not have to worry about going to school at all. I'm looking forward to being able to do that again in a couple weeks! =) Anyhow, here are some pictures from the holiday. It was a small gathering this year as family has moved away and gone to be with others for Thanksgiving, but it was very enjoyable. I prefer smaller groups anyway so it was perfect! I had all my brothers with me which was nice. The first day I was home my mom, Hope and I went to the lighting ceremony for Locomotive Park! It's a great park lit up completely with Christmas lights, Christmas music and a fireplace. It's a lot of fun to visit with family on a chilly winter evening. Other than that it was just Thanksgiving dinner and hanging with the family. It was a much needed break that's for sure.