oh hey.
as you can tell, i haven't blogged in 2 months.
but, i had good reasons...one of which happened the be that my internet was down.
unfortunately, i have no pictures to show how wonderful my holidays were this year.
i spent an amazing thanksgiving with my family, which started at 7:30 that wednesday night at my church's annual thanksgiving eve lovefeast.
on thanksgiving day, i spent my day with 20 family members and an enormous brunch.
then, it was off to the beach with my aunts and uncles for our annual black friday midnight shopping at the outlets.
december flew by and it was time to deal with the stress of exams.
even though i only had to take 2, and only 1 of them counted for a grade, they were stress in themselves.
but, for the first time ever, i had a 3-week-long Christmas break.
and a busy one it was.
christmas eve is always my favorite.
it starts at 10am at my grandma's with all of our family. this year was a little different. my cousin, his wife and their one-year-old son came home from Connecticut for christmas. my brother, his wife and their three kids came, and we had kami for her first real christmas.
you would think that with there being almost 30 people in one house, it would be a little overwhelming and frustrating, but for me it was the complete opposite.
i love my family more than anything in the world and spending time with them is my favorite thing to do...especially over the holidays.
later that night, we had our christmas eve lovefeast at church.
in case you don't know the traditions of moravian churches, a lovefeast is a church service when moravian coffee and buns are served. christmas eve is special though. at the end, everyone gets a candle and with all the lights out, raises them up. and since i'm a deiner for the lovefeast, i have the pleasure of standing at the front of the sanctuary and seeing everyone's candles raises in the air, illuminating the entire room. it is one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen and it is literally what i look forward to all year.
on christmas, after getting up early and opening presents with my parents and kami, i spend all day with my amazing boyfriend and what i like to call my "second family." we had breakfast at his grandparent's and exchanged gifts with all of his cousins. that night, we went to yet another lovefeast, this one being up in the mountains at willow hill. this was also a beautiful service.
i have written way too much on this one post, so i'm going to stop now
but first, i want to say
i hope everyone had a very merry and blessed christmas.
i hope you kept in mind the real reason for the season
and i hope your holidays were as wonderful as mine.
