2018 Holidays



The 2018 Holidays were nice because they were filled with FIRSTS.

1. This was mine and Judy's first Christmas in our apartment together (that's our tree up above). We decorated the whole apartment with lights and ribbons and other Christmas-y stuff. We had a tree with some gifts under that really tied the apartment together. I like the Christmas lights lighting so much for movie watching I might have to leave them up a bit longer :)

2. My family played White Elephant for the first time ever this year. This was super fun because usually we just buy gifts for each other (which is great of course), but we wanted to make things a little bit different. Everyone really enjoyed getting mysterious gifts. I think next year we're going to try Secret Santa instead so we can give more personalized gifts :)

3. I spent Christmas evening with Judy's family. This was my 8th Christmas with Judy, but my 1st Christmas with her family. First we went to her uncle's house where we played games and hangout. Then we drove back to her family's house in Stockton. They open gifts one by one and there are a ton of laughs throughout the night. It was a really fun time and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year :)


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