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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Holiday Happenings

My posts have been scarce lately, I know, but with the holidays coming up my schedule has been packed with christmas concerts, basketball games, christmas parades and usual holiday craziness. In our house that means twice as much as usual. On Thanksgiving, for example, we have two turkeys. We also have two huge pans of potatoes, three bags of stuffing, and so on. Even so, I love the craziness... most of the time. 
Christmas time is here!!!


In other news, we finally get to meet Genny! I am having so many mixed feelings: excitement, suspense, anxiety and maybe a little bit of jealousy. The thought of having another girl near my age is weird. It's even stranger since she's older than me. But I am determined that no matter what, I am going to try my best to make her part of my family.

Right now I am writing this at my Aunt and Uncle's house in Nashville. I drove up here with my older brother Daniel and his "friend" *cough, cough* Elizabeth.
Daniel and Elizabeth


 I was the designated chaperone. So far I have had a great time. We had a special filipino dinner cooked by Elizabeth and Daniel. I am always so shocked at how quiet dinners are at people's houses who have one child; its so relaxing and *sigh* quiet.

Anyway, I decided to include a piece about Daniel in this post. 
Daniel!!!!!



Daniel is my eighteen-year-old brother whose only bad trait is that he has no humility. I guess I can understand his pride because he is good at everything, and I'm not kidding. He was the captain of his high school soccer and basketball teams, debate head coach, an amazing trombone player, has great humor, got a full tuition scholarship to UAH, and basically anything he wants to be good at, he is good at.

Daniel, I would say for me and some of our younger siblings, can be the biggest supporter. However, he can also be your biggest critic. Whenever Daniel is around, I end up laughing my head off. 
Typical Daniel


On such example is the time I walked into the kitchen and Daniel was hosting an impromptu dance party with our little siblings. Daniel has extremely flexible hips and was moving them in a large circle to loud music. Because he was doing it, all the kids joined in. When Mom walked in, they were all shaking their hips. Everyone stopped when they saw her just long enough to say "Hey, Mom!" Mom stopped, stared, and left without a word. As soon as she was gone, we resumed dancing. That's normal for my family, sadly.

Well, that's all I can think of for now. Ciao!