Christmas Break!!

I had quite an eventful Christmas break. Starting Friday night I went to Gabe Baugher’s sister and brother-in-law’s reception party at Genetti’s in Northville. They were having the party because they were married over the summer in Oregon and many family members were not able to fly out there for the wedding. Gabe and I were ordered to take pictures of the party all night long, and I’d say we took some pretty good shots. Taylor Cieslak was also there and when Gabe and I took a break from picture taking, we danced and ate and had a great time with Taylor. My favorite part was definitely the dancing! They had a DJ and as the night went on, the space clearing for dancing was soon filled…with some adults who might have had a few drinks… Gabe, Tay and I found it quite entertaining. It was a great night and I even got paid for taking the pictures.
Christmas is most definitely my favorite holiday. Every year, my dad’s family comes over for Christmas Eve. So, on Christmas Eve I often find myself cooking or baking and cleaning; helping my mom to prepare for the night. We usually make Christmas cookies, some sort of cake and cheese cake. I made the cookies and I chose to make a coffee cake this year. Now, I would consider myself a good baker, however sometimes I do make the mistake of not reading all the directions…I was supposed to put a ½pint(or one container) of sour cream into the cake and I had mistaken the pint for cup. So I put half a cup in, which was about half the container instead of the whole thing. And when I tasted the batter, it was fine, it didn’t taste weird or anything..it was kind of thick but it was supposed to be thicker. So I put it in and it turned out fine, until I had a piece of it and it was dry. So, the cake was a fail but the cookies were good!
Christmas morning we got up early and opened presents! This year, I really wanted a new digital camera, one that was better than the one I had and I got one! I also got clothes, an iPod shuffle for running along with other stuff. One of my favorite things about Christmas morning is opening the presents with the glowing tree as your only light source. Then when my brother and I finished opening presents, my mom started breakfast. We always, always, always have cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning! And they were delicious!! Later we went to my grandparents (my mom’s parents) house for dinner and more presents with my uncle, aunt cousins and grandparents. I’d say I had an excellent Christmas this year!