Christmas Past

The holidays are just about to be over! It's hard to believe!! This Christmas was a lot different for me this year. Everything seemed to pass by so very quickly. When I was younger, I remember counting down each day until the big day of Christmas arrived, but now it's like I'm trying my best to savor each moment because in a blink of an eye- Christmas is gone until next year.
One thing that I noticed this year, is that it never really "felt" like Christmas. Most of the time, it just felt like any old cold day. Don't let me lead you to believe that I was some kind of grinch, or scrooge this year...no! I'm just saying that something was different. What is it that gets people into the "holiday mood" anyways? The music? The movies? Shopping? Gifts? FOOD??? In that case I suppose Christmas to be purely commercialism and materialism. And I don't believe that. I know what Christmas is about. It has HIS name in it......CHRISTmas.
I have to say, despite never having that "Christmas spirit", it was one of the best Christmas' I ever had. It was a time to remember, and I am so thankful and blessed. Thank-you Lord for all you have done for me and my family.

Holly

Joyeux Noel!

Back Home

After spending a week on vacation in the lovely town of Gatlinburg, comin' back home is a little depressing. Nonetheless, it was a very enjoyable trip. We even got to see a little snow while we were up there. I didn't get to take many pictures because I was so busy filming most of the time. But here are a few....

The kids anticipating Dollywood. Was it ever cold!



That would be a giant pickle and an over-sized tomato. I have no clue lol.

For those of you who know Amber lol. She loves sweets.






Brooke talked me into riding two roller coasters (AH!). The first one was called the "Tennessee Tornado". Goodness I was pretty freaked out because I hadn't seen the thing when it was still daylight so I totally didn't know what it was going to be like. It had two giant loops and a 128 ft. drop. Guess what? It was one of the best roller coasters I have ever rode. FUN! (Although it did tear my stomach out and scared the daylights out of me lol).

The other coaster was called "Mystery Mine". IT WAS AWESOME. It was unlike anything I have ever rode in my life. It wasn't your average roller coaster. But the main thing that freaked us out about this ride was that the hills were at ninety degree angles lol. Once you start going up, I mean you're looking straight up! Brooke was SO very freaked out, I even think I heard her say (for the first time), " I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS." I was laughing lol.

There was a lot of other stuff that we did during the week, and maybe I'll write about it one day. All I can say right now is that we made some memories to last a lifetime!

~~*Holly*~~