Christmas time is here.

So because I am awesome at remembering to write or anything I have to quick post about christmas because my birthday is tomorrow and I always have to leave that one for it's own post.

So Christmas time. My family came out from Texas to move Rachel home. She is going to start mission papers. :) and we are all really excited about it. So we had Christmas over at grandma's and it was indeed great fun. I did a lot of travel back and forth between Tremonton and Logan because i was working. (had my last day Tuesday. the job just didn't work out. it happens) So yeah. One of the nights they were out I made a roast chicken, my family has never tasted my roast chicken and if i do say so myself, i have learned how to make a really good one in the last few years. The funny part was my grandmas oven is pretty high up for oven placement. When the door is down it is about even with my chest. So trying to get this stupid chicken out one of the times to check it, I manage to burn my upper arm. that was fun. But it ended up being okay because my family still liked the chicken and not all the vegetables turned out undercooked. It was indeed a learning experience.

So Christmas eve. I had to work, but I was done by about noon. So I quick went back to my place showered, packed up the last of my things and headed back to grandmas. When I got there I don't even remember everything we did during the day. But the whole family was there which means lots of goofing off and chasing each other down the hallway. Sitting on Richard, being a raptor, eating goodies left out, endlessly making fun of each other. Ya know, family things.

WE have a tradition in our family that we eat out every Christmas eve (unless it's sunday, then we make a ham) Well we had the option of going to Denny's or Denny's so we chose Denny's. IT WAS COLD IN THAT DENNY"S!!!!!!! And poor mom, she was trying so hard to just take a nice picture of all her children. and of course there were about five pictures like this

Before she finally got one like this.

She was getting so mad at us, but we finally said "did you ever ask us to pose nice or did you just take out your camera?" So she asked and we posed. And then went back to being siblings.

After dinner we head back out to the car to go christmas caroling. Another Massengale tradition. We make up plates of goodies and then the Massengales may show up on your front door step in three part harmony. And we love it. We really are going to learn another song besides "Angels we have heard on high" eventually. But we have gotten really good at that one.

Then we head back to grandmas so dad can read "the night before christmas" before we all go to bed.

We wake up Christmas morning and see what Santa brought us. I got a new battery charge for my camera. YAY! of course i accidentally left my camera in Logan. I got some moveis and sound tracks. But the greatest present of all was from my parents. I dont' know if i ever mentioned this to everyone, but when I was 17 I wrote a one act that was produced when I was 18. I was able to record it on our old school camcorder. My parents were able to find someone who to put it on a DVD. I now own it on DVD. I was so excited!!!!!! Then we lounged all day and had prime rib for dinner. We have it once a year and it is on Christmas. And this year, it was quite possibly the best piece of meat i have ever eaten in my entire life.

I know it doesn't seem like much, but I love Christmas time with my family. We play games, and give each other crap and it's just how it works. This was the last Christmas that we will all be together for who knows how long. I've got younger siblings going on missions and Kim could easily go and get married on us, then deal with in-laws. But It was great to be together again.