This one was the next oldest post in my drafts, so it's the one for today!
As you know, I'm all about celebrating, especially if it's Christmas. Mom must like it pretty good, too, because she is a lot more in the mood to have people over at our house and to fix things up!
Our cross country team is something special, not only because we win state championships. We have a bond that is like family, but more special than that: we all know things about each other that our families wouldn't know! We have a sisterly love that is beyond that family obligation. It's hard to explain all that a team goes through together, but it is an experience that few are blessed to know, and those who do will cherish for a lifetime!
That being said, my social life is basically the team, aka the girls.
When there is any reason to have a party, we girls work out a plan to get it done! This is the 3rd year that my mom has offered up our house for a Christmas party. It also helps that she makes the white trash. I hear it all year long. No matter where we are going, but if bringing snacks is an option, someone usually says, "Kenzie, your mom should make white trash!" which is followed by bulging eyes and agreeing comments from the rest.
Hobby Lobby is the place to shop. Next to Target, this is where I would go broke if I wasn't so stingy with my money. Hobby Lobby is also a place I love to buy things becasue they are a Christian-based business. I can always go there and find notepads, pictures, decorations, paper, frames, calendars, cups, wrapping paper, gift bags, plates---you get it--all kinds of stuff that is encouraging. They always have coupons available and deals going on in the store, too. Mom and I picked out these plates with matching napkins, working in the reason for the season and Santa and his reindeer!
What I said earlier about Mom enjoying hosting Christmas shindigs? She may act stressed and say she doesn't like it, but she does. If she didn't this wouldn't happen.
The vegetable Christmas tree? Totally her idea.
I am a proud daughter.
Some other girls brought finger foods, too, and you can see the big bowl of white trash (don't worry, there was 2 more bowls that size for when we ran out).
When everyone was ready, we got the food we wanted and voted on a movie. Elf won, no surprise. That movie never gets old. A couple of the girls had never seen it, which blew the rest of our minds, so that made it even better!
Fam.
To wrap things up, we unwrapped things!
We invented our own random exchage process for who got what gift. We didn't plan this, but we all ended up with a pair of fuzzy socks to wear, so as girls, we had to take a picture!
June is almost here, and that means cross country will be starting up in just days! Then it will be party time again.
