3 more days

I can't believe Christmas is in 3 days, I asked Greg last night what he was doing for Christmas (jokingly) and he said working. HA. We are going to St. George Christmas day to see my family and will be there for a couple days is all. I am so excited though. For those of you who don't know, my dad is moving to Africa in the middle of January and will be there for a few years. So in January my mom is moving to St George for good. Her words were "like I'm staying here without your dad!" She is not really a winter loving person, like me. But I like her anyway. I am flying out of LA on the 7th of January to help her clean and organize her G.R. house so when the movers come it will be easy for them. I am planning on being with her until like the first weekend in Feburary, when Greg will come and get me and Zachary. We are going to miss him, but I'm kinda excited to be around some snow this year. Not sure if we'll see it too much from here on out. It snows some in St. George, but nothing like MN. or northern UT.

Zach, Zack or Zac....

I am doing this blog because everyone spells Zachary's name wrong when it is shortened. OK people, here is how I spell the nickname for Zachary: ZAC. I leave the H out because I don't feel it makes a sound, so if it's silent why add it? I don't put a K at the end because there is no K in his name.... so there you have it ZAC. Makes perfect sense to me, how about you? I think I really notice misspellings because of my own name. I have a Christmas ornament from like 1980 (so I was almost 5!) from my grandparents and they spelled my name wrong! CHRISTA, hello. I was 5. LOL, I still love that ornament.... I just wish it had my real name on it :)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas

This is By far my favorite time of year. I really love fall and Halloween, but nothing compares to the: snow, singing carols, snow, frosted windows, snow, Christmas lights, snow, being with family, snow, shopping for those we love, snow, and most of all remembering the true meaning of Christmas. I just love it. For me Christmas is all about nostalgia, I remember so many Christmas's singing carols with my family and sitting up with just the Christmas lights on staring out to the cold, cold night the moon reflecting light on the snow. It always felt so good. So peaceful. Of course these are mostly Minnesota memories, I remember a few Christmas' before that, but not many. I also LOVED the Christmas' on my mission, I was out for 2 and so happy that I was! What a way to celebrate the life of Christ than to be teaching of Him and serving His children. WOW. This year I have felt so blessed and so loved, already :). I love my cute little family, here in LA with me. I love my family who will soon be much closer to me, YIPPEE! I love my friends, I have some who have been with me through a lot of things and I hope I can be there for them too. I hope we all remember the true meaning of Christmas , and celebrate how He would have us, loving each other, serving each other and happy! This is the time of year to forget all our problems and just love, they will be there for sorting out next year, just enjoy being with your loved ones. I know, cheesy, really I don't care though I really love it now. The only thing that could make it better would be to have snow in LA :)