tis the season..

happy cyber monday! are you all shopping? i did some online shopping on black friday. ya'll are crazy if you went out. i've only gone once at midnight to see how crazy it was and it was indeed insane and life changing in a sense of that i would never do it again. anyway..

i hope you all had a great thanksgiving! this year was extra special because it was my mom's birthday on the actual day of thanksgiving. things were operated a little differently. every year my mom cooks a huge feast and my dad's family comes out to celebrate with us. since it was mom's birthday, she did not want to cook so we went out to eat. i really prefer not to eat out on thanksgiving but i understood why she wanted to and it was nice. my cousin & her gf from arizona joined our usual group and anthony ate with us which was nice. it was just so nice to see everyone and to share and hear stories from their past. we heard some new stories about my dad and where our names came from, and it was just really a nice treat. that's really what the holidays are about.

my cousin and her girlfriend bought all of us gifts from arizona. all the girls got socks and all the guys got "grow a boxers". super fun! here are me and ant's gifts. 

the day after thanksgiving we decorated for christmas. my house is super christmasy and i LOVE it. i am really excited for the holidays this year.