Officially Holiday Time

written by: Ali | Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | Uncategorized

So it’s 4 days before I go all the way home to Colorado for the first Holiday of the Holiday season, Thanksgiving! And I couldn’t be more excited! This year has been full of many blessings for my family- my parents have celebrated their 25th anniversary, my sister and her boyfriend of almost 8 years are engaged and my brother and sister-in-law had their first baby in August, which resulted in my first niece.

Therefore, this year the holidays mean even more. I’m not going home just for Thanksgiving, but to go bridesmaid dress shopping and to cake tastings and wedding gown fittings. I’m going home for Christmas to see for the first time my baby neice and to congratulate in person my brother and sister-in-law.

Going to school in Alabama, with my parents and sister in Colorado and my brother in Rhode Island, I miss a lot of big things in life- so when we all come together for the Holiday season it means that much more to me to celebrate not only my family, but the life that I have been blessed with with them.

Along with wedding stuff over the break I am getting to go to Broncos game and stand on the sidelines during the game- thanks to my amazing dad and his field passes! I also know I’ll be hitting the slopes to go boarding with friends in the mountains. And of course, am looking forward to a White Thanksgiving, which is usually guaranteed each year along with our White Christmases. And of course I can’t forget my 115 pound golden retriever who is 3 years old and thinks he is the size of a cat. And the other 15 year old one who is as sweet as can be. And of course my unsociable cat along with her brother, the devil cat.

(I know this is a photo of us on the beach, but to the left is my sister, my mom and then me and our golden retrievers. I can’t wait to see them all!)

It’s also my Senior year, and maybe the last year for all of my friends to return home for Thanksgiving and Christmas “breaks.” Every year during school breaks we have a “cheer reunion” of the “7 Seniors” so we can all catch up again. The 7 of us are spread out all over the country when we went off to college and luckily all of our families have remained in Colorado- so we all return to the same place for breaks. But soon we will all move to our own cities when we graduate and I doubt we will be back in Colorado at the same times, unless of course it is a holiday- which will probably be shorter than our school 4 week break and therefore we won;t get to see each other as much.

Needless to say I am taking these holiday breaks, and actually this whole last year of school, to heart and making every minute, every second the most it can be.

Happy Holidays and SAFE TRAVELS!

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