The end of 2007 to the Start of 2008!

Christmas was a little different this year. It was the first time in my 23 years that we didn't open present at my parents house on Christmas morning! It was so weird, but still very nice! Christmas Eve Allen and I went to my Mom & Dads for dinner and to look at Christmas lights. It was really fun, but still quiet since it was just the 4 of us. We got to do our stockings on Christmas Eve which was really nice. My mom decorated most of the trees at the Country Club this year so she fortunately got to make our Christmas tree just as beautiful!! I think this was also one of many few years that we didn't decorate with all our little ornaments we have collected over the many years. The tree was amazing though!! Christmas day we headed to Merced to be with all of my Dad's side of the family. We certainly were missing one, but I know he was there with us, and feeling much better than he has the last few holidays we got to spend with him. We miss you Grandpa!! Allen and I got loaded with gifts!! Thank you Mom and Dad for all your love and gifts you gave us!! I got lots of gifts that I LOVE this year!! To name a few, I LOVE my new GPS unit...it's just plain fun to use!! I LOVE my watch I got from my awesome sister Audrey! I haven't worn a watch in a few years and I missed it so much! I love love love looking at my watch and not having to get out my cell phone!! I love my cute socks I got from my sister in-law and brother in-law Sami & Ed. You can never have too many cute socks! I love my star frame I got from my mom. Thank you guys so much!!

This probably was the first year I got to have sooo many days off for the holidays. I was in heaven! Because Christmas and New Year's landed on a Tuesday this year, our awesome boss gave us Monday off too!! We have 2, 4 day weekends in a row! New week with seem like forever, but I loved having so much time off! YAY!

The weather has been a little crazy lately so we had decided to stay home for New Years even though we wanted to go up to Reno and stay. Allen ended up having to work on Monday, so that even more no knocked out the idea of our 2 night stay. The weather started to clear up and I really didn't feel like staying home one more day of my life so we just went!! We didn't get up there until about 7:30pm. It was later than we wanted, but it worked out in our advantage!! They had overbooked our room so we got upgraded to the next room up. Well, they had overbooked those rooms also, which means we got upgraded again!! We got to stay in the Luxury Suite at the Peppermill! It was amazing!! 42inch Plasma's, jetted tub, flat screen in the bathroom, Bath & Body works, marble floors, etc. New Year's wasn't as crazy as I thought it would be, which was actually good! Everyone counted down, popped ballons, made noise, but that was it. I was excited! haha. I wasn't ready for it to be too crazy! Our room was so nice I didn't want to leave!! It was an expensive 24 hours, but it was a lot of fun! Just getting away was the best!!I am ready to make some good changes in 2008!! I hope you all had a good Christmas and Happy New Year!! I hope to post lots more!!