Merry Christmas!! 2009!

This past Christmas was absolutely AMAZING!! I have been excited for Christmas since Halloween haha i was a little shocked when Christmas actually came, because it took FOREVER to finally come but at the same time it came SUPER fast!! haha I LOVE Christmas! It is over all the BEST holiday ever! I just love the Christmas joy and Spirit that it brings, when Christmas is here it seems like nothing can go wrong! I just LOVE it! Words can't express the feelings that I have about Christmas! I am also a HUGE fan of remembering the TRUE meaning of Christmas - the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ! One of my favorite quotes about Christmas is " Christmas isn't about the presents, it's about being in His presence." To me Christmas is a break from the world, it always seems easier to be Christlike this time of the year! We all just need to try to be Christlike and giving ALL year around!! haha So that's one of my New Year Resolutions!! haha Anyways... back to this past Christmas haha!!
Like i said before, my Christmas was absolutlely AMAZING!!! To start off my fabulous Christmas I went to my mom's. We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve, since this year I was with my dad for Chirstmas. Our Christmas was pretty awesome!! haha We started off the night before watching Elf and Christmas movies, well atleast i did!! Haha i think my stepdad, Skip, was about sick of watching Elf - I suggested watching Elf throughout ALL of December! haha i think a watched it about 48 times!! haha :) It's the best Christmas movie EVER!! haha anyways when our Christmas finally came my mom woke ME up at like 5:45!! YEahh cuz she had to work... but o well it was good anyways haha! I got so spoiled this Christmas, well i guess i do every Christmas haha! I got great gifts! I got candy, really cute clothes, a dress for church, hair stuff, and my big present was............... my very own............ LAP TOP!!! Yeahh!! It's soooo awesome!! It's light blue, my fav color!! haha Yeahh it's awesome! I had an amazing Christmas with my mom and Skip and thank you guys for making Christmas extra special!!! :) Love you guys!!
On Christmas Eve at 6PM my Dad and Emily came to pick me up and we headed off to Utah! The drive there was pretty crazy!! haha We were jammin out to David Archuleta's Christmas CD the whole way and my dad sang, well tried to sing :) haha, to EVERY song even if he didn't know the words-- he'd make up his own!! haha That's my dad for ya! haha When we finally got to Utah we headed over to the Salt Lake City Temple! I was determined to see the Temple lights sometime this month and I am so glad that got the opportunity to see them! It was my first time ever seeing the Temple lights! When we got there I was so excited! The lights were astonishing!! So BEAUTIFUL!! It was the most beautiful thing i have ever seen!! After an hr, we were to frozen to keep walking around and looking at the lights, so we headed over to the corner to have Temple hot chocolate haha :) after seeing the lights we headed over to my grandma and grandpa Maughan's house! Christmas Eve was so much fun ! When we got there my aunt and uncle, Tonya and Bryan, were there with their kids, Bryton, Alex, Aubrie, and Sara! I had so much fun with my cousins! They're awesome! haha
Finally, after not being able to fall asleep of the excitement for Christmas and presents, Christmas morning came!! The Nields had their Christmas downstairs while me, my dad, and Em had ours upstairs! It was nice being with the Nields and also each of us kind of having our own family Christmases! Just like at my mom's house, my dad and Emily SPOILED me!! haha I got a ton of awesome presents! Some things that i got were candy, cute clothes, books, jewelry, some stuff for my zune, speakers for my zune, slippers, and a new GORGEOUS set of scriptures! They have my name on them and everything! i LOVE them! :) and for my biggest gift, which i was totally convinced that i wouldn't get until like February, was a new cell phone!!! It's awesome! and it's blue! It's a LG XENON Touch!! I have been wanting one FOREVER and whenever i asked my dad and Emily for one they've flat out said no! So I was so excited when i opened it!! haha I had another amazing Christmas with my dad and Emily! Thank guys! Love you 2!!
The rest of my Christmas weekend was so awesome! It was filled with spending time with my family and opening more presents!! haha! Well i had a great time spending time with my awesome fam, especially getting to hang out with my CRAZY FUN cousins! haha I mostly hung out with Bryton, ofcourse, and Alex, AND little adorable Brooklyn!! haha good times haha well anyways i am way grateful for this past Christmas and for the amazing memories that i will always have a cherish from it! And one last time i would like to thank my parents, grandparents, cousins, and aunts and uncles for making my Christmas AMAZING!! I hope you all had amazing Christmases like mine also! Love you all and Merry Christmas and Happy new year!!
Oh and i will post some pics from my Christmas soon!! haha