I feel like I have so much to write!!! I will try to break this up into sections...
Christmas Eve: Every year for Wes's side of the family, we go to their Christmas Eve party. We either all meet at his parent's house or his aunt and uncle's house. This year we met at my wonderful in-law's house. All kinds of family came...many of whom I did not know... We ate wonderful food and before I knew it, it was time to help my husband into the Santa outfit. Every year Santa visits the Dunsieth's Christmas Eve party and this year my husband was chosen to be Santa. He was very excited. His mom, his aunt and, I helped him into his get-up.
After he was all in costume, he went around the house and came through the front door. All the kids were very excited. "Santa" had a gift for each of them. After all the children came and sat on Santa's lap to get their presents, some of the older cousins jumped in Wes's lap, followed by his dad and his grandmother (who actually tried to straddle him...HAHA!) He then looked at me and said "And how have you been, little girl?" I got up and jumped in his lap and kissed him on
the cheek! He asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said "You, Santa!" Some of the people there did not know it was my husband and we got some pretty priceless looks! It's all caught on video, too! HAHA! After "Santa" left we played the Left, Right game. It's kinda like Dirty Santa, but not as mean. It's a very cute game. My mother-in-law read a cute story about the Right Family and we passed the presents according to when she said the word "right" or "left". At the end of the story, whatever gift you had was yours to keep. Wes got a cinnamon diffuser and I got a cool re-usable bag with a Christmas fleece blanket inside. After we played the Left, Right game, all of the extended family left and the more immediate family gave out our secret Santa gifts. (We drew names at Thanksgiving) Rachael got my name and got me the newest Nicholas Sparks book! Ethan got Wes's name and he got him "The Hangover" movie...which is quite hilarious. After we had all exchanged gifts, Wes asked his mom if we could open one of our Christmas gifts. She agreed and Wes opened his American Patriot's Bible and I opened my really cool plastic cake plate/cupcake/petit four holder. We then left for our long trek back to E-town.
Christmas Day: So this year Wes got 1 hour of sleep...HAHA! He was TOO excited to sleep! We went to bed at about 1:30am and Wes woke up and tried to get me up at 2:3
0am...TRIED being the key word. It was to no avail. I finally agreed to roll myself out of the warm bed at about 5:30am. When I came out into the living room, I found that Wes had already gone through his stocking...HAHA! We took turns back and forth opening presents from each other. Wes got a Burger King Kid's Toy (a joke from me), Magellan coffee mugs and thermos, a reversible belt, black dress shoes, a wind suit, Twilight the movie, Tiger Woods PGA Tour (yeh...I know...), a baseball glove, candy, and a card. Wes gave me Wii Fit! (which was a total surprise because he kept telling me he couldn't get me one), a Cool Pix touch screen camera, Breaking Dawn (the last Twilight book), an Edward bookmark, a Starbucks card, two shirts, a cami, a scarf, Up the movie, my favorite Russell Stover chocolate covered marshmallow Santas, a memory card for my camera, and a card. After I was done opening my gifts, Wes said to look in the tree. There was an envelope with "To:Nikki From: SANTA" written on it. He told me to open it. To my surprise it was two tickets to Jeff Dunham the NEXT day! I was so pumped about all my awesome gifts! After we opened our presents, my dad and grandmother came down. We exchanged gifts with them. My dad got us a DVD player and Mammaw gave us money and candy. We gave my dad a Columbia jacket which actually surprised him! (Usually I give away his presents too ea
sily because he can read me like a book!) We gave Mammaw a Burt's Bees nail set and my dad gave her a Snuggie! After my dad and grandmother left, Wes and I made the trek back to Weogufka for the annual Christmas Breakfast at Sunshine's (Wes's gma). We had yummy waffles, bacon, biscuits, gravy, and eggs. It was great! After we ate and sat around and talked for a while, Wes and I went to his parent's house to open our gifts from them. Wes got a leather jacket, three nice button-up shirts, gift cards to restaurants, WalMart giftcard, JC Penny gift card, Columbia jacket, small flashlight, and candy. I got a COACH purse!!!!, a cute teacher bag, a zebra jewelry holder, "D" coasters, a CUTE apron with an "N" on it, a black and leopard poncho, a WalMart gift card, and Twizzlers!
I was WAY TOO spoiled this Christmas! I must have been a REALLY GOOD girl this year! Not only was I spoiled by gifts, but by family who love me very much! I was just overflowing with blessings! After we left the Dunsieth's we came home and took a nap! After our nap, we went up to my grandmother's and ate lunch. We had a great time sitting around talking and visiting with my family. Wes fell asleep after a while...it seems to be tradition for him, lol and we went home to take another nap. After napping some, we got up and played the Wii Fit for a few hours. It is SO fun!!!
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l, I had an AWESOME Christmas!! The reason for the season is God's gifts to us. I think some people get too wrapped up in how gifts are not the reason...but if you think about it, I feel like it's a good representation. God GAVE and we RECEIVED. I LOVE giving gifts at Christmas! Just as God GAVE Christ to us. I also don't mind receiving gifts. Just as God wants us to RECEIVE Christ into our lives and our hearts. I am beyond blessed and so happy for such a WONDERFUL, big family!
ent to Olive Garden and had a wonderful meal for FREE because of the wonderful gift cards we got for Christmas. After we ate, we traveled to the BJCC for the show. We had great seats, in my opinion. They were squishy (lol) and they were direct so that we didn't have to turn our heads to see the show. The show began with "Guitar Guy" who is kind of like Jeff's human sidekick. He was awesome on the guitar and had some hilarious songs, even one about us being free in 2012 from Oprah, Obama, and hopefully The View. It was hilarious. We also learned that "Guitar Guy's" son is the lead guitarist in "Avenge Sevenfold". After "Guitar Guy's" bit, there was a 15 minute intermission. Finally after the intermission, Jeff came on! He did about a 10 minute bit of his own before bringing our his first puppet, Walter, the grumpy old man. Most all of Walter's material was new and it was great! After Walter was Achmed the Dead Terrorist
and after Achmed was my favorite, Peanut! Then there was Jalapeno on a Steek 
which he does while also doing Peanut. After Peanut and Jalapeno's bit, Peanut talked a little more and then Jeff ended the show and ran off stage. People began leaving, but then Jeff ran back on stage! He said "Hold on! I haven't done this guy in a while, but I figured it was appropriate, so here's Bubba J!" Bubba J is his red reck puppet...I guess he figured it was appropriate with him being in Alabama. It was funny because everyone knew Bubba's lines and it freaked Jeff out. He said it was like some weird church service. "Everyone open your bi
bles to Bubba 2:16". The whole show was awesome and I was sad to see it end! We had a great time and I highly recommend his live show!
