Christmas

I want to write but I don't know where to start... so Merry belated Christmas!

We hosted our first annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party! A few friends came over we had lots of yummy appetizers then went bowling.  We were a sight for sore eyes that's for dang sure. I was only able to snap a few photos so here's what you get.. pretty huh?

It's my family's "off" year so we did our dinner and gift exchange on the 22nd which also happens to be my dad's birthday AND since Jen was in town they decided to bless Cambry that night as well.  It was one heck of a par-tay.  My mom got my sisters and I each a sewing machine and sewing classes, I never thought  I'd actually be excited about a sewing machine but I totally am! I decided to home make most of my gifts this year, ya know, try to be crafty. Key word.. try. I made these frames and stuff for my sister and her husband and then for my brother and his wife, I made a cake stand out of a plate and a candle stick. I'm pleased with how they both turned out. Buuut, my patience with crafts is short, so I'm just happy I finished.

  We spent the 23rd with my Dad's side of the family as we do every year. Then Christmas Eve my family had their annual bowling tournament. I somehow landed myself in the losers bracket the first game with a score of 80 and Riley moved over to the winners bracket. The second game I dominated the losers bracket and came in third over all, the top three were within one pin of each other; Dad: 133 Riley:132 Shar:131 it's always a good time.

We went and spent the night at Riley's parents house, woke up had a great Christmas breakfast and did presents with his family.  We get spoiled every year; she got us a carpet cleaner which we were in desperate need of. So yeah, I'm also weirdly excited about a carpet cleaner. So much so, that I've already cleaned pretty much all the carpet on our main floor.  Of course the baby also got spoiled with little gadgets, I can only imagine how spoiled the kid will be when it actually gets here... (yes the baby is still an "it")

It was a great holiday; the lack of snow did put a minor damper on things and I'm still not on top of my game so I wasn't up for much shopping and stuff, but I am DONE complaining. Tomorrow we get to go hear the little heartbeat again! Tomorrow can't come fast enough and next month we'll find out the sex. 4 weeks and counting... what will it be??