I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

This blog was originally written December 26, 2008 by me.

Well we got a white Christmas!! Its Awesome! This is our second winter here and this is the 3rd time that it has snowed down here in the "valley" of the mountain. We aren't really in a valley but we are at the bottom of the Alps. It usually only snows about half way down the mountain. But its been snowing for about an hour. It doesn't stick but its coming down and sooo pretty! I took pictures of it and they will be posted in my Christmas 08 album that I am about to make.
We went over to Bobbie and Josh's house for Christmas dinner. There were about 25 people total. We had some great food and then did a secret santa gift exchange it was a lot of fun. I ended up with a candy dish which is awesome because I actually wanted one! Sergio got a dart board which is pretty sweet too! Deena got the gift that I bought which was the new Clue game and Kathy got the gift Sergio bought which was... well we better not say, haha. It was more of a gag gift that Erik is going to be taking to work to "re-gift" haha. Anyway, after that we played some Apples to Apples, its a game and then played some Rock Band. All in all it was a really good night. Sergio crashed early he got sick. Kathy was sick too so they left early.
Sergio and I decided that we weren't going to buy gifts this Christmas because we spent a lot of money when my mom and sister were here and so we can say our Germany trip was a Christmas present. When I woke up I made him a nice big breakfast and we ate together and then he gave the dog a bath while I made my cakes. It was a good day. Christmas isn't about getting gifts anyway, its a celebration of Jesus birth and that is something that I don't ever want to lose sight of. Don't get me wrong I love getting gifts and giving them it just wasn't necessary this year. The real fun comes when you have kids to watch open their presents.

Last night we had a Christmas Eve service at church and although this stomach virus that is getting everyone kept quite a few people home we still had a good turnout at church. It was really nice. Pastor preached out of Luke 2 and would preach a little and then we would sing a little, preach a little, sing a little and so on, it was really nice. We also lit our candles and sang another song and then stuck around a little to socialize afterwards. I made cupcakes the night before since we were supposed to go caroling but most of them got sick. So I had so many cupcakes left over, I baked the other box and took what I had to church so they got ate all up and I was glad not to have them in my house. Because if you know my husband you know he wouldn't eat them either. Another reason why I left the rest of the cake at Bobbie's house! Have fun with that Bobbie!

Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas, don't forget what the holiday is really about!