Looking forward to Christmas
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane...
So, I'm excited Christmas is arriving soon. I'm looking forward to seeing family I rarely get to see, have some tasty Christmas dinner, and move past the moratorium on buying stuff I really want that I might get for Christmas. Note that most of the stuff I want is not stuff I would consider other people buy for me.
Anyway, it will be nice to see my brother and his family as he lives about 4 hours away and I never see him. Imagine, both of us busy with work, life, and family. So, maybe someday we'll be able to get together and do some of the fun stuff we used together as kids (ha, retirement isn't too far off). I'll get to see my grandparents who live only slightly closer just in a different direction, haven't seen them since Easter. I'm hoping they bring some of their tasty beef jerky which is always a family favorite. I will also get to see my cousin Kristi and her husband Brian, son TJ and new baby, Chase. I'll get to see how my cousins John and Matt, the firemen, are doing. I hope they are being safe out there! I'll also get to hit up my uncle John on his digital camera knowledge as Mickey Mouse and friends probably have my camera now and I'm in the market for a new one; read this post if you didn't know. Then there is uncle Henry and aunt Betty and their family. I'm interested to see how Chris and Karen are doing in school and see if Chris has anymore stories about William Hung. Hopefully, my Mom's cousin, Chistine and her Mom Teresa (or it could be Theresa, I can't remember) will be there. And of course my parents. It's bound to be an action packed afternoon over at my parents house, with all the catching up, the white elephant gift exchange, and of course our family favorite, Raiders, playing the afternoon game on Christmas day. Unfortunately, life being what it is, we only get to spend about 5 or 6 hours over there at best as my wife will want to get home to open our presents. I don't think, and I hope that, we won't be bringing any of our gifts to us with us on our trip.
Speaking of the trip, we plan to leave sometime on Friday to head over to my mother-in-law's house in Lincoln to start off the holiday. Then we are supposed to leave about 11 AM or so to head to my parents house Christmas day after opening gifts with the in-laws. I'm not omitting the fact it will also be nice to see them, but being they live the closest to us, we tend to see them more than other family. After leaving, I'm hoping we make it their on time which can sometimes be an issue. It's always tough as we have to make the rounds every year and once at someone's house, it's always hard to leave. You always want to spend more time, but you realize that time doesn't exist if you are attempting to see everyone on such an important day. Yay for family!
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight!
So, I'm excited Christmas is arriving soon. I'm looking forward to seeing family I rarely get to see, have some tasty Christmas dinner, and move past the moratorium on buying stuff I really want that I might get for Christmas. Note that most of the stuff I want is not stuff I would consider other people buy for me.
Anyway, it will be nice to see my brother and his family as he lives about 4 hours away and I never see him. Imagine, both of us busy with work, life, and family. So, maybe someday we'll be able to get together and do some of the fun stuff we used together as kids (ha, retirement isn't too far off). I'll get to see my grandparents who live only slightly closer just in a different direction, haven't seen them since Easter. I'm hoping they bring some of their tasty beef jerky which is always a family favorite. I will also get to see my cousin Kristi and her husband Brian, son TJ and new baby, Chase. I'll get to see how my cousins John and Matt, the firemen, are doing. I hope they are being safe out there! I'll also get to hit up my uncle John on his digital camera knowledge as Mickey Mouse and friends probably have my camera now and I'm in the market for a new one; read this post if you didn't know. Then there is uncle Henry and aunt Betty and their family. I'm interested to see how Chris and Karen are doing in school and see if Chris has anymore stories about William Hung. Hopefully, my Mom's cousin, Chistine and her Mom Teresa (or it could be Theresa, I can't remember) will be there. And of course my parents. It's bound to be an action packed afternoon over at my parents house, with all the catching up, the white elephant gift exchange, and of course our family favorite, Raiders, playing the afternoon game on Christmas day. Unfortunately, life being what it is, we only get to spend about 5 or 6 hours over there at best as my wife will want to get home to open our presents. I don't think, and I hope that, we won't be bringing any of our gifts to us with us on our trip.
Speaking of the trip, we plan to leave sometime on Friday to head over to my mother-in-law's house in Lincoln to start off the holiday. Then we are supposed to leave about 11 AM or so to head to my parents house Christmas day after opening gifts with the in-laws. I'm not omitting the fact it will also be nice to see them, but being they live the closest to us, we tend to see them more than other family. After leaving, I'm hoping we make it their on time which can sometimes be an issue. It's always tough as we have to make the rounds every year and once at someone's house, it's always hard to leave. You always want to spend more time, but you realize that time doesn't exist if you are attempting to see everyone on such an important day. Yay for family!
Cause Santa Claus comes tonight!
posted by Tony Rocha at
12/21/2004
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