Chrsitmas 2008

Well, my goal of all this blogging stuff was to write at least once a month. The last time I wrote was November 1st, and it is now December 26th, so I guess I'm okay so far!
As you all know, yesterday was Christmas and now that all of us kids live in different places, Christmas isn't exactly the same as it used to be.
David and Jeannie came over to my house Christmas Eve so Jeannie could open her presents. Then on Christmas we Garcia clan opened our own presents, ate a ham/hash brown casserole that we're trying to make a tradition, then hung out and played with our new toys!
Mom and Dad called and said they would be at my house at about 1 p.m. So about 1 they pulled in the driveway and they were unloading presents for a while. After everyone had been in the house for a few minutes, the doorbell rang. I just figured it was Little Josh messing around so I told Sophia to go open the door and it was my brother Josh!! We thought he was in Australia, so that was a big surprise! He had shown up at my parent's house the night before and they didn't know he was back, either. He had planned on staying in Australia until about March, but he wants to start his master's in the fall and you have to interview in person for that, so he decided to come back in time for Christmas.
Aside from seeing my brother, my best present was a portable hard drive from my big brother David. I'm so excited to use it!!