Christmas Eve

HAHA . Today was a good day, I must say! Although last night was pretty crazy.. Lol. Well yesterday mom's work had a potluck. And it was pretty coool, seen my friends. Ate 'til I was full! Then after I found out that my friend from Arizona was visiting and was hanging out at the church. Well I wasnt able to hang out because of last minute shopping, whatta bummer! But anyways, my sister, mom, and I just went to Kohls to do some shopping. Next we went to the dollar store to buy boxes but ended up buying bags instead. Well, the cashier we were at, had no pennies, so she asked us to please try and pay her in pennies. So mom found some pennies in the amount we needed and boy was that lady happy! Hah. Mom even gave her a couple extra pennies for 'Holiday Spirit'. So then we were done and in the car. We were putting the gifts into the bags and realized that the bags were too small, so Somer and I decided to go exchange. But mom wanted to count pennies and give it to the lady. And I was just thinkin like WHY? Mom you dont need to. But she was like 'Ohh, Holiday Spirit'. So Im just like 'uhm okay then..' So she gave it to me and I exchanged the bags. I gave the lady the pennies and was like 'Ohh, Holiday Spirit' and no wonder the lady was looking confused! I didnt get my change. It TOTALLY slipped my mind! I was so in a rush I just forgot. Lol. And mom only reminded me when we were already 5minutes down the block! And she was all yelling at me like 'the store is not poor, okay?!' But like, she didnt tell me she wanted change! I just though 'HOLiDAY SPiRiT' so I was totally focused on that! Hahah. Then the whole ride home, my mom and my sister were making fun of me! What Holiday Spirits, huh! They were like 'were gonna tell this story until we have a better one to tell, Noo. A DUMBER one' likeee ohhgaaassshhhh! ENOUGH ALREADY! Lol.

So basically they already ginxed me. When we got home and were wrapping presents, I took a break. I got up and was sitting on the bed, when Somer noticed a piece of a $13 handmade scarf from Cambodia lying on the floor. And I make sure I put $13 because they kept emphasizing that. I promise you, I did not even notice that I cut that scarf! It was in the bag, on the floor. Yeahh, the piece was by where I was cuttting, but I mean, I didnt even touch it! Like I made sure the scarf was in the bag, I stuffed it in more, but I did not know how I cut that! So that just added to all the taunting I was enduring that night. How fun! NOT. Somer and mom got pretty good laughs though, Somer held up the scarf and showed us the hole. I did not know how that happened, I swear! Lol. and that was part of my 2 Days Before Christmas ..

But enough about that, its still Christmas Eve! and Im here in San Diego w. the familia. Earlier today, my sister, mom and I exchanged Secret Santa gifts w. our missionaries. It sort of tradition, our family and the missionaries doing Secret Santa. Well I had Elder Willie and I gave him a painting of Cambodia. Heres who had who ; Me-Willie. Willie-Somer. Somer-Elder Bylund and Elder Mossman. Elder Bylund-Somer. Elder Mossman-Me. Mom-Elder Bun. Elder Bun-Mom. Kinda confusing.. not really though. After the gift exchange and pictures, we ran a few errands. Including stopping by at mom's friends house in Irvine. Took a little rest there, then got back on the road. It was traffic during most of the ride and we got here at about 6;15ish. The boys waited for us until they ate because we brought fried fish. It was deliciousss, as usual. After we ate, we ready scriptures. The reason why we celebrate Christmas and what gifts represent. We had family prayer. [ A family that prays together, STAYS together. ) And as tradition goes, we opened one present. But the only present we get to open is from Auntie. We all know what she gets us, because she gets it every year. But it always fun and full of laughter because we all know but we just get worked up anyway. Tons of fun! We all get pajamas, every year. Its so funny! Hah. Like we all 'get to choose' which present to open, but we have to open up this one. Lol. So I got a pair of pink pajamas, with stars and teddybears. Pretty cute! After clean up, everyone got in the shower and put on our new pajamas. Auntie rolled out the dough, and we cut the cookies. We played games after too, actually just A game. Sequence. Moms FAVORiTE game that shes been dying to play and we finally found it and bought it last week! So we played, three rounds. It was fun. Even though the last took FOREVERR.. still fun. I was anxious for the game to be over I just came upstairs and laid down and hopped on the laptop. Shame on me! Lol. The boys decorated the cookies for Santa and wrote Thank You letters. And they were sent to bedd. Because auntie saidd, 'Santa doesnt come if youre still awake.' Lol. So Im still lying here now, with mom and Somer. Somers reading Breaking Dawn ( Twilight Series ; the 4th book ] and moms here just being a mom trying to spend quality time with her ovegrown daughters! Hah. Well thats it for now, mom wants to check her email. So goodnight. Merry Christmas Eve! Thanks for reading. Hope you all have a WONDERFUL & BLESSED Christmas.

-Hopefully Santa has something nice in store for me =)

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