It's been a whirlwind of a month around here (I guess it's a little crazy for everyone), but it's been a fun one. Because my brain is currently incapable of constructing cohesive paragraphs, I will once again share life in bullet points...
- Valerie graduated from Texas A&M last weekend with her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. We are so incredibly proud of her! We drove up to College Station on Friday night for the graduation, and then on Saturday, we had a party for her in Howe with family and friends to celebrate her accomplishment. We made it home late last Saturday night extremely exhausted, but it was worth every second.
- This weekend, my mom came down for a show in Fredericksburg to sell her stuff. After an awful day on Friday, she decided to pack up her trailer and not go back, SO... we got to have a fun day hanging out on Saturday. We spent the afternoon driving around the Hill Country, had lunch in Bandera, and did some shopping and Christmas light looking in the evening. I was sad her show didn't go well, but it was a nice treat for us!
- This weekend, we also had the chance to spend quite a bit of time with Aaron's family as we celebrated Jason's birthday, and we had a great time!
- This evening, we spent a few hours at Holiday in the Park at Fiesta Texas to enjoy the last week of our season passes. It was fun having them for 2013 and we made a lot of memories there! In 2014, we opted for season tickets at the Magik Theater, so we're looking forward to that, but we may go back to the Six Flags passes here in another year or two. (Right now, Carson isn't really a fan of riding much, so we'll wait 'til he's a bit older.)
- Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and in addition to it being one of my favorite days of the year, it is the culmination of our Breaking Traditions series we've been doing at church in December. We decided, instead of having a Christmas Eve Service on 12/24, to have our people go out into the community to serve. Everyone has been very excited about it, and I'm so excited to see what comes of it! Selfishly, I am also excited to not be planning or orchestrating a Christmas Eve service. They're always really cool. But it's stressful for those involved. So, I'm happy for a day "off"!
- Christmas Day, we will be waking up to open presents (quite early, I'm sure) and then heading over to Ammie & Poppy's to start getting ready for lunch. (Aaron cooks the prime rib every year.) We'll spend the day eating delicious food and having lots of laughs and good times. That evening, we'll drive to Howe to spend a few days (and eat more and laugh more and have more good times), and then we'll drive from there to Leakey, where Aaron will be speaking at a camp for 5 days. We all get to go, so I'm excited for the chance to retreat at one of my favorite places.
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