Home for the Holidays!

This Christmas break allowed me to fly home Dec. 12 and stay home for over 3 weeks (which lasted a few days longer due to me getting sick the night before flying back) I had a great visit back home, there was lots of snow which I loved and it was cold...now I know that I'm a wuss when it comes to cold, but for some reason I really missed it this year! So I was in my glory, cold weather and lots of snow. I mostly just chilled with family and slept in and relaxed, but hey it was my vacation.

Christmas was amazing like always, family all came over the house. We ate a delicious meal thanks to my wonderful Mom, played games again thanks to Mom mostly, and the kids opened presents, we had singing and laughter. It was bliss and I cherish every moment I have home. Well for those of you that know, know that we have this big inside joke in our family that started about a year ago...I"M THE FAVORITE...ok so its not a joke but my lovely sisters think that it's the funniest thing in the world, but really I am. Well thanks to Jeana and Mom all of us kids got a present from Mom and Dad. Well we all started opening them and Jeana held off so I was the first to open mine and Jill was right behind me...and when I lifted the lid off the box there was a shirt saying'I'M DAD'S FAVORITE!' Well my big mouth got ahead of me and I started cheering, Jill right away came with, "You have got to kidding me..." Well come to find out all of us got those shirst. Girls-I'M DAD'S FAVORITE! Boys-I'M MOM'S FAVORITE! Do I not have the best family ever? I think so! So the joke goes on, but really I am the favorite! hehe

Lunch was at Grandma and Grandpa Hoffman's like always, and as always I don't know how it happens but we all fit in their house! I love it! New's Year as well was a blast. Jeana and Burbs had a party which for awhile I was down in the basement playing Simon Says and Duck Duck Goose with all the kids...grown-up talk was so boring for me...haha it was a fun night. But by the time midnight came around, we were back home, mom and dad went to bed and Jas had just gone upstairs so here is me at 12...saying 'Happy New Year' to myself. ARG!! Not next year, hopefully I will be either in Hawaii attending BYU or in New York City watching the ball drop!

All too fast, it came time to say my goodbyes and as always I was a big baby. It seems like leaving is just getting too dang hard. I was supposed to fly out early Monday morning on Jan 5, said my goodbyes Sunday night to everyone, but 1am Monday rolled around and the flu bug (who caught everyone else the week before) caught me and there I laid...dead to the world, not able to move! My poor mom, she sat on the phone all night and all the next day losing her voice because of it trying to get me back in AZ by wed which was the first day of classes for me and without paying a ton of money. And my poor dad, got up at 3 thinking we were going to leave and just waiting if it was going to pass. Nope..he instead got ready for work then left for work. And while all this was going on, I was laying on the couch, I felt like a big dumby. I have the Best parents in the world. Thanks!!! well I ended up flying back early Wed morning, missing the first day of classes that I didn't mind all that much.

All in all I had a blast being home, it went by all too fast, but May will soon be here and I will be headed home hopefully for the summer or at least for awhile. Once my wonderful Sista gets me pictures I will post more! Please Jeana :)