miscellany monday

1. Christmas celebrations

On Christmas Eve we went to town to see a play called 'The Christmas Shoes'. It was an excellent play with a clear and powerful message. After that, we went to grandparent's house for pizza. Our single grandma came out to our farm to sleep over on Christmas eve, and that was fun. Our dad always reads 'Twas The Night Before Christmas', which is a big family tradition not easily broken. Then the kids all sleep under the tree with a sleeping bag. In the morning we opened our stockings and found all sorts of little goodies in there. After the stockings, we read the Christmas story from Luke 2 and sang a few Christmas carols accompanied by the piano. Then we tromped back down to the family room and opened our presents. Mom and Dad decided to do 'Wise Men Gifts'. One spiritual gift, one thing that we need, and one thing that we want. This was a very useful plan and I like everything I got. Next, we opened our grandma's presents. My favorite gift from her was my iHome, docking and charging for my iPod. And it's pink, which is always an added bonus. After present opening, we had a brunch complete with egg bake, fruit, juice, and more. The kids went out sledding, getting pulled behind a four wheeler, while I stayed inside chatting with my grandma and mom. Then our other set of grandparents came over and we had fun downstairs playing Wii and other miscellaneous things. What an awesome Christmas it was! (sorry, that was kind of long....)

2. Violin Paradise

My sister got a Wii game called 'Violin Paradise', where you can 'learn to play' these stringed instruments: violin, viola, and cello. Since I have a big love of cello and violin, I can't wait to play this game. I don't know, it looks kind of fun, and easier than playing real instruments. :)

3. 37 followers?!

(you might have chuckled if you have 100 followers or more...but hey!)You guys are amazing! Thanks for following, even though my goal is 50 followers by the New Year (help me out with that, maybe?) but I'm still so excited that I have 37 followers, even though that's a fraction of followers compared to most of my blogging friends. Oh well, I'm thankful for all the lovelies who do follow. :) (and the people who aren't able to follow but still read this little blog.)

4. iPod credit

One of my Christmas presents was $10 to spend on my iPod touch. So far I've bought 3 songs, which are 99 cents each. The songs are 1) Sunshine Girl by Britt Nicole

                                      2) Ready by Britt Nicole 

                                            3) Light Up the Sky by The Afters {watch the video below, very beautiful and powerful song! it's amazing!}