The Lights, The Crowds, Tis the Season

After I posted my blog the other night, I headed out with my camera, to the park to take pictures of the lights on the water. It was so cool. I also thought I would share a picture of my house all lit up. I just love all the lights at Christmas.James' family is here from Oklahoma, so I called up his Aunt and cousins to see if they wanted to go out for lunch. We had lunch at Red Lobster and then braved the crowds at the stores. His cousin's wife, Lyndsay, and I get along really well. I think I have found a new friend. My kids adore her too! Can you believe that we shopped and I didn't buy a thing? I really hate fighting crowds this time of year. I am better off doing my shopping right here at my computer.

James was golfing while I was gallivanting around today. He golfs as much as he can when he is on break from school. It was raining and he still went golfing. Talk about love...I don't know that he would go out in the rain for me! Just kidding my DH...I know you would go to the end of the world for me, even if it was raining!

I just saw a Bruce's Yams commercial, so I think I will take this opportunity to say that canned yams are just wrong. They were never meant to be canned. They were meant to be baked like a potato and then eaten with some butter on them. If you do anything else to them, you are just ruining a great thing. I really can't stand it when people ruin yams by putting brown sugar and marshmallows all over them. That's just gross.

Tomorrow night, our church is going to Roller Towne for a church skate. It should be lots of fun. I will be sure to get some pictures.

So I think I will add a random question tonight. Please answer in the comments section if you like. I love to hear what you all, all two of you who actually read this, think.

What is your favorite holiday food?

I think I would have to say it's a tie. I love my Grandma's stuffing. This of course is a Thanksgiving food, but a lot of times we get it at Christmas too. Although, rumor has it that we won't be having it this Christmas. I also really love my mom's Cranberry Jello mold. It's made with cranberries, cranberry jello, and it has a layer of sour cream in the middle. Okay, I know it may sound a little odd, but trust me, it is wonderful. I also like my Grandma's cheesecake. It really is a shame that we only get to have these foods a couple of times a year. Although, I think my waistline is thankful that Thanksgiving and Christmas come but once a year! OOOOhhhh, I also like Aunt Teressa's peppermint bark.