SPlog

Friday evening, the 27^th of February, my family decided not to go to a concert, but to stay home and relax a bit. My sister was gone at a church activity, so it was just the three, my mom, dad, and myself. We got a phone call from my grandma that said she was coming over. Soon she was at our door, and behind her my brother and sister-in-law and nephew.

It was a nice surprise to see them. Grandma got to hold the new baby for the first time. We got pictures. We then called my other brother (Matt) to bring his family over. So we ended up having a little family reunion. It was also the first time for Matt’s family to see baby Elijah. We got several family pictures of the grandparents (my parents) with their grandkids. It was a nice evening.

Sorry this is late… I’ve been busy.

This year, Christmas was a blast. My mom and dad, Abigail, and I celebrated Christmas the evening before. It was nice. I got Abigail a MP3 player, and she got me a gaming chair and Oceans Thirteen Movie. Both Abigail and I got a digital camera for also. We were so excited.

My whole direct family was at my house for Christmas Morning. We played a Christmas exchange game, and then exchanged our regular gifts to each other. It was nice.

I got to spend the whole day with family, including my niece and nephew. Here is a picture of me helping my nephew unwrap a gift.

This Thanksgiving was great. My older brother, Ben, came down from Columbia with his wife, Ana. Also my uncle came from Texas. I woke up a bit earlier than the rest of the family for personal Bible devotions, and also to work on my website. Ben helped me get some properties working the way I wanted them to. We were able to catch up with each other.

My mom worked in the kitchen all morning, with Abigail and Ana helping get food ready. We all worked together to set the table when it came time for dinner to begin. We all sat down and thanked the Lord for what we had. We even played a small thanksgiving game where the first person tells one item that he is thankful for, then the next person says the same item then adds one, and it goes around the table back to the first person, who then has to name them all in order. The order I believe is: Ana (Ben’s), Friends (Abigail), Dr. Pepper (mine), Vicki (Dad’s), Home (Mom’s), Work (Uncle Dallas), Family (Grandma’s), and Salvation (Ana’s).

We played a card game called golf for awhile, then Ben and Ana had to leave. We didn’t do much for the rest of the afternoon. But the crazyness came the next morning. Yep, we went out for Black Friday specials. I couldn’t believe the lines. There is a local music store that had a special on their t-shirts, if you bring some non-perishable foods in, you’d get a free t-shirt and a guitar cable. I didn’t want to take any food from my mom’s supply, so I thought I’d get some at one of the stores. One of the stops we had was walmart. I couldn’t believe the lines to check out. Here I was standing in line with 100 people in front of me, buying 2 cans of corn and beans, while others buy specials that were on sale. Anyway I got my shirt and cable, and so did Abigail. We stopped at several stores along the way including best buy, our local mall, and more.

The next day, Saturday, we celebrated my Dad’s 49th birthday. Matt and Lydia came over with their kids, and we had a great time. We played a playstation 2 game, and at one point, even got the laptops out to show eachother different stuff. But it wasn’t too long before my mom told us to put them away because were supposed to have “family time” to talk with eachother.

The whole time we had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend.

~Sam Paasch