Christmas Break 2016

          I have had a crazy Christmas break so far. It has been really busy too. Busy with family and more family. :) Christmas eve and a day plus my birthday has past so I got them done and over with. The two main holidays but I still have New Years to go through. I did have fun on those two holidays and they were somewhat relaxing because we are spending presents out throughout this week so people are coming at different times. It makes the week busy but the days easier. I also have one of my sisters spending the week with my parents so we are keeping their kids busy too.
          As a family, we also went to Christmas Eve service the night of the 24th. It was kind of strange though because the candles were going almost at the time during the service. Because of that, I had to blow out my candle before we were done singing the songs. The candles were dipping so bad too that I had a lot of wax on my hand after we were done with them. For Christmas Day, we had my oldest sister over with her daughters and son and we opened presents and had a brunch in that morning. We got ready for the brunch the night before and the morning of. We had a French Toast Casserole, some oranges and pineapple, breakfast pizza casserole, bacon, and orange juice. On the 23rd we starting making some Christmas candy and my nieces were over plus an old friend of mine. Both of those days were relaxing as well.
         On the 26th, my mom, youngest sister, and me went shopping in Springfield for my birthday. I brought mostly clothes but also some few books and shoes. We also ate lunch at FD Grillhouse and I had some kind of pasta, of course. Then, we went home and that is when my second oldest sister showed up at home after traveling all morning.
          I ended up playing Barbies with my niece Monday night from when they got here til it was time for bed for her. Then the grown ups started to put a puzzle together and finished that night too. Then that is how I started out my birthday on Tuesday. I woke up and my niece wanted me to play Barbies right away at the moment she saw me. I told her I had to eat breakfast first so I did and then I played with her for an hour. I also got to play with one of my nephew while playing with her. He had a toy store made out of a big cardboard box where the Barbies could buy things. Then in the evening is when we had my party. We had some thick noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, and rolls.
         After supper, I opened all the presents that I had. Then after that, we had the Mississippi Mud Cake with some sprinkles on it in a shape of a snowflake with some Peppermint Ice Cream and Eggnog ice cream. My friend was back for all of the evening so it was good seeing her again. My oldest nieces were also there during my birthday supper and they even spent the night last night and went home today.
         We took them home before we went to shop a little more in Springfield. We shopped at Hobby Lobby and Sam's today. I brought another book and some crafts to do later on. I also brought some new pjs. Now we are ready for another candy baking day tomorrow and getting ready for New Year's Eve and Day. I thought I had a lot more to write but those were and are the main points of my break so far this week. I will try to write one more entry before Jan. 1st but it just depends on how busy I am in the next few days and if I can get away from everything.