highlights

i must have had a really exciting thanksgiving break to give up blogging for so long right??
not really but i did have a good trip. i'll just do a little highlight of events and catch up.
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY- My family picked me up from the airport and we went straight there. It was the perfect little way to welcome me back to California, and good food.
JEFFREY GOT BRACES- What a cute little surprise it was for me to see Jeffrey for the first time in months, open his mouth and see a nice little set of metal! He says he hates them, but i think he secretly likes them, i did. I think they actually look cute on him, so much so, i made it a highlight of my trip.
MY DAD'S 50TH BIRTHDAY! - it seems so crazy to me that my dad is 50!! We surprised him with 5o reasons why we love byron/dad posted all over our house when he woke up. It was fun for him to walk around the house and see all these nice/funny things people had to say about him. Then the family came over for a little birthday dinner consisting of hot dogs and hamburgers, my dad's favorite's!! He's the best dad and i am glad i got to be there for his birthday!
FAMILY PICTURES- The most recent family pictures that we have, Scotty is about 2 or 3 years old. We have been meaning to take family pictures for years but i think everyone has been avoiding it due to the dysfunctional experience all family pictures turn out to be. But my mom finally scheduled them and the experience wasn't a bad one at all. We all worked together really well and made getting a good picture of my sister the priority. The only problem is making my sister smile consists of sneezing and saying all kinds of silly things. I think half the pictures are going to turn out with my dad fake sneezing, or my mom talking, trying to make rachel laugh. But i think we got a few good ones and a good little family experience out of it.
MY SISTER AND I's MATCHING FOOTIE PJ's - Though i am used to living in FREEZING weather i am used to my apartment being very toasty. We have heated floors and a heater that runs 24/7 [we don't pay the electric bill]. So when i was at home i was FREEZING in our house which has a thermostat set at 68 degrees. I brought very little warm clothes cause i expected warm weather in california and was not expecting to be shivering around the house. So one night i couldn't take it anymore and had to go buy some warm pajamas. I found some footies at target and thought they would do the job just perfect, funny thing is, my sister had a matching pair!
MY NEW LITTLE BUDDY- Thanksgiving was at our house this year, so all of my mom's side of the family came up to visit. I hadn't seen my cousins on that side of the family for about a year, and when they are young, they grow so much in just a year! So this year i bonded with my little cousin evan who is now 3 years old. When my cousins arrived, he immediately started to play with me and we played the whole day! He wouldn't give me 2 seconds to myself but i didn't even mind. I adore kids and don't get to play with too many when i am up in Idaho so it was a special treat for me to come home and get to play!!
MY MOMMA REDECORATED MY ROOM- I walked in the door exhausted from a loooong day of traveling and went straight up to my room. I walked in and it was completely different. New rug, bedspread, wall frames, seat cover, pillows and just EVERYTHING was different and i actually like it ALOT. i don't usually trust other people to do my decorating but my mom did a real good job! It was nice to have something new and not have to do all the work. THANKS MOM!
speaking of my mom, her favorite child is still the hamster. After walking into my new room, i was shortly after greeted by that dang hamster. Somethings just don't change..