I feel hungover from all the holiday celebrations and I don't drink alcohol. The past 3 or 4 days have been so filled with love and joy that it may take a while to recuperate from it all.
It started on Thursday with a trip to New Orleans where we toured a lot of the city on foot, we parked on one end and walked for about 6 hours just enjoying the sites and taking it all in. This is definitely something we will be doing again.
Christmas Eve was spent with my family at my Grandmothers annual party, the food was great, it was a huge seafood gumbo and as usual it was awesome, there were lots of laughs and love and couldn't be better.
Christmas day was spent with my moms family. When we were young we went there a lot and about 4 years ago we started attending there annual celebration again. It is a good time and it brings back a lot of good memories as well. My cousins on that side of the family are great and it's good to see them with their own families and children.
We personally don't do a lot of gift exchanging, Everett and I might get a little something for each other and I am really into making gifts for people, this year I made a lot of them, I made a beautiful memory quilt and a bunch of other sewing gifts for a few others, I don't like to spend a lot of money on things but instead I much rather spending the time it takes to make something, putting in the work makes me feel good and I believe that is what the holidays are about, taking the time to do for others and then spending time with the ones we love. We've had a couple of families members battle cancer and win the fight this year so that puts things into perspective for us and reminds us that it could all be over tomorrow.
Whewwwww!!! It was a whirlwind of events and we loved every minute of it. Can't wait till next year.
I hope every one's holidays were as special and great as ours and that the New Year brings everything your heart desires, as for us, we'll keep working toward our goals and making our life as great as it can possibly be.
