Howdy, Ya'll!

We had a very nice Christmas, but instead of sharing with you all the details that ya'll don't really care for, let me share a few things that I thought were funny.

• We played Taboo several  nights and on one occasion my St Louis cousin was trying to get us to say, "Howdy."  Well, he said "Something ya'll say alot here in the South."  Umm, people in Arkansas don't say Howdy.  LOL  We say Ya'll alot, but not Howdy!
• Our St Louis family brought with them their foreign exchange student.  She's about 16 and from Thailand.  I guess they don't really celebrate Christmas in Thailand, because she kept asking when everything was going to return to normal.  LOL
• My family was tired of leftovers, so what did we pick up?  Chester's Fried Chicken!!!  Nothing says Christmas celebration like fried chicken, right?  Ya'll would seriously laugh if you saw the location.  Just picture a small, 1 teller bank turned into a chicken place.  Yep.  That's the place!  :)

I hope ya'll had a great Christmas!

Merry Christmas (Eve)

I hope ya'll have a great Christmas!

Our Stockings

Where to begin... We put up our very 1st Christmas tree on Saturday!! This is our very first Christmas together as a married couple - and the 1st Christmas tree we've ever put up! Needless to say, it was a whole lot of fun!! We played Christmas music and everything! :)

Also...this being our first married Christmas and all...I ordered us personalized stockings!! I was a little leary of the site at first - it's a "no-name" site - but they turned out great. Click here to visit the site...and below are pictures of our tree and stockings!

Why I Don't Believe...

In SANTA!! :)

A co-worker and I were just sitting here sharing our childhood stories of Christmas and Santa Claus... And it reminded me of the Christmas that I realized that Santa didn't exist... Now, that being said, if you're under the age of 10, please don't read this!! :)

I had a bad habit of following my parents around the house (or trailer) when I was younger (and I still do, just now it's my husband). That being said, when I was about 6 years old on Christmas Eve, I was following my mom around our trailer when she went to my parent's bedroom and flipped on the light switch. My mom gasped and turned the light off quickly, turned to me, and asked if I had seen anything... Me, being the little girl who always wanted to please everyone, said No, that I had not seen anything..when in reality I had saw an Atari. My mom seemed pleased with the answer, but then proceeded to find and scold my dad - for what I wasn't sure... Well, the next morning, Christmas Day, I ran to see what was under the Christmas tree, and there it was... an Atari - from Santa!! I knew immediately why my dad had gotten in trouble the night before...and knew that the kids at school were right...there was no Santa. :(

Don't worry, my parents had no idea at the time...

So, how did it happen to you? What's your story?