So, Christmas Eve Glenn, Brooklyn, and I packed up and headed to his parents' house in Pensacola, FL. Once we arrived we had enough time to unpack, get settled, change clothes, and then off to Mawmaw's house for the Christmas Eve finger food fest and presents. Then on Christmas morning, since Glenn's dad had worked the night before, we were all up at 7:30 (yes AM!) to see what Santa(aka the Smiths) had brought for us. We opened crazy amounts of gifts, and everyone got really nice stuff, and Glenn and I did our presents for each other then too. Then it was off to Mawmaw's again for the Christmas feast...which was basically a rerun of Thanksgiving...so much good food!!! Christmas Day night, Bekah (my sis in law) and I went to see Twilight, since I had gotten hooked on those dang books over break. It was pretty good actually. The next night Glenn and I met our friends Steven and Mandy to go see Marley and Me...all 4 of us cried! The early antics of Marley reminded Glenn and I very much of our crazy Brooklyn! It was great to see Steven and Mandy, even if it was just for a couple of hours. (we miss you guys!) Saturday was a bunch of football, and Saturday night I made my first bag with my new sewing machine...only to realize the next day that we had put the straps on the wrong way and had to take most of the dang thing apart and start over! But it turned out super cute in the end. After one more yummy meal at Mawmaw's on Sunday, it was time to hit road back to Atlanta.
We were home all of Monday and Tuesday, when we were off again on New Year's Eve to go to my parents' house in Durham, NC. Luckily traffic was great and we made it there by 11:40...I was worried I was going to be ringing in the New Year in the car! My family started a tradition this year with pancakes at 1:00am! The next morning we got up and had Christmas #2 with my family, opening all of our presents and having fun hanging out. Later that day we watch the Dawgs win the Capitol One Bowl! We had a bunch of other family over for dinner on Saturday night, and it was so good to see everyone! On Sunday Glenn actually played bass at my parents' church and sang a little back up! He did a great job, but then, he always does!! I still love to see him play even though I've probably seen it a million times! He truly loves to lead others in the worship of our Lord, and it totally shows when you watch him!!! On our way home on Sunday we stopped in Gastonia and visited and had dinner with Jamie, Eric, Bella, and Tot. It was so much fun to see them all...the girls are so cute and so much fun, and it made me miss by best friend even more!!! We got home at almost midnight on Sunday night, and it was back to work Monday morning for both of us.
I think we are finally starting to catch up on our sleep and get back into the routine, but now we need a vacation from our vacation!
On the job front...there are none. I think we have pretty much decided that Glenn is going to go back to school to persue a degree in Engineering. (not sure what kind) We will have to move eventually once he figures out where he wants to end up going to school at. (Meanwhile, he can take some core classes here in town) We are still up in the air though, and are still trying to figure out exactly where God wants us to go.
So, that's the holiday wrap-up for us! We are looking forward to seeing where God takes us in 2009...it will all be new, uncharted territory...but we know He will lead us to where we need to be! We hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!!
