Before, I forget I want to share a little bit about our Christmas adventures. Our last day to work was December 17th. We are so thankful to have had time off. We headed to Jackson for the weekend. We had not seen Lori's Christmas decorations, and it was a good weekend to spend time with the sister. We had a good time visiting, shopping, wrapping presents, and eating at a few of our favorite restaurants. We came home Sunday afternoon, washed, and packed again. Monday night we went to our Sunday school Christmas party. We had a good time of fellowship, and good food with some very good friends. Tuesday we were able to have lunch with Adam and Amy before we hit the road for the coast. We spent Tuesday to Friday afternoon on the coast celebrating Christmas with Patrick's family. It was a crazy, but good time. Patrick got to play golf two days in a row. He was very happy, as he does not get to play too much. Mrs. Tammy had to work, so I enjoyed some time just doing nothing. Which if you know me, is very rare. We had Christmas with Patrick's parents and brother, his dad's side of the family, and also with his mom's side of the family. We were blessed with many wonderful gifts. We are so thankful by everyone's generosity during this Christmas season, and even more thankful for the ultimate gift: Our Savior!
*Let me also make a note that we watched USM play Louisville in the St.Pete bowl, but we lost! It was a heart breaker, as we started off so good.
Friday afternoon we headed back to Hattiesburg to make it back in time for Christmas Eve Service. Going to church Christmas Eve has always been a Knight tradition, and I was very excited to have Patrick attend Christmas Eve service with me this year. It was a beautiful service, and it meant a lot to both Patrick and I to be able to worship together. We came home from church and mom and I finished preparing our meal. We had cajun fried turkey, dressing, corn, squash, mashed potatoes, corn, and rolls. It was a very delicious meal that we were able to share with Mom, Dad, Mimi, Lori, Adam, and Amy. We then had Christmas again with my family. Once again we were extremely blessed. We received so many nice presents.
Patrick and I headed home after presents and making a cream cheese, sausage crescent roll breakfast dish for Christmas morning. Patrick and I were anxious to exchange presents, so we decided we would open the presents under the tree, and wait until Christmas morning to see what "santa" left in our stockings! We had a great time listening to Christmas music, and sitting by the tree opening presents. We had a little more washing to do before it was time for bed. We were pretty tired, but looking forward to Christmas day. We woke up early to see what Santa left. Our stockings were filled with lots of good goodies. We then got ready to head to my parent's house. Santa had visited us there as well. We had fun opening our gifts and spending time with family. We had a great breakfast, then the great debate happened. We were suppose to hit the road by 10:00 to head to Birmingham. But, the weather did not want to cooperate. However, we finally decided after MUCH debate that we would hit the road. We were able to see snow, so that was lots of fun. We had a great time in Birmingham hanging out with more family. It was a busy Christmas, but I am glad that we were able to see ALL of our family.
We made it back to Hattiesburg on Monday, and Tuesday it was time for the Knight Christmas. There were kids ,adults, and dogs everywhere, but it was a lot of fun. It is always nice to see family that we have not seen in awhile. I am glad that we were all able to gather to have Christmas with Mimi and Pops.Patrick's family was in the mountains so we have not been able to spend anymore time with them. We were very sad to miss the trip, but we just could not do it all. Hopefully, we will get to go soon.
Whew... are you tired yet? It was a great Christmas. Patrick and I had a wonderful first Christmas. We are extremely blessed and very thankful this holiday season.
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