This Christmas was so much fun but it was crazy busy. The last 2 weeks before the holidays we had something to do every other night! We had dinners with friends, dinner with family, breakfast with family, chorus concerts, work parties, nail appointments, and hair appointments. It was our busiest season yet! Luckily, my work closed for the entire 2 weeks of Ashley's school break so it definitely helped being off.
The picture above is Ashley at her chorus concert, it was her first year participating in chorus and she loved it! I'm so grateful her school has an after-school chorus program, I know a lot of other Poway Elementary schools don't have it.
This year, Ashley didn't ask for much for Christmas. In her Christmas letter to us, she wrote she just wanted "love from you is enough." Hopefully we're showing her enough love! She asked Santa this year for an Ipod Nano but it that was too expensive, money to put towards it. Instead Santa brought her clothes and her favorite gift...a pink Snuggie! She has been wanting one of those since she first saw the Infomercial awhile back. And as Jeff said Christmas morning, "Now you have to KNOW there is a Santa because you know I would NEVER buy you one of those!" Ashley's response? "Yeah, that's true."
Then we were off to the Borras for Christmas breakfast where Ashley got this from the grandparents, Aunt Tammy and Matt, and us:
An Ipod Touch. She was so amazed...she sat and looked at it for a whole minute without saying anything and just as I expected, she was trying to figure out if it was an iPhone. Ha Yeah Right! She was still so excited to get it and has been downloading Apps (free only of course!), music, and playing ever since (as long as she can pry it out of Jeff's hands...I have a feeling I know what he wants for his birthday!).
Santa didn't bring me anything so I took matters into my own hands and used some of my Christmas money to buy a new Coach purse. I've been looking for a black purse and found this beauty at the outlet store where I got it for 40% of the original price! Bonus was Jeff even went with me to pick it out! It was a great present :)
Now we're back at work and school...it's hard to be back but nice to get back on a regular schedule at the same time. Jeff, unfortunately, has to leave for China this Saturday for 2 weeks...and my parents and sister will be out of town at the same time! Needless to say, it's going to be a challenge to keep Ashley entertained and distracted...it's always hard on her when he leaves, she has already cried twice just thinking about him leaving. Anyone want to hang out??? :)
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Happy 2010!
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