Happy New Year

the Christmas Tree pre-present opening at my parents' house :-)

me and my sweet neice Laila on Christmas morning

our whole family at Broadway at the Beach

Laila and her new bear 'Cassie' at build-a -bear

me and my littlest sister Meghan after a yummy dinner in Calabash NC

all the Grant girls in our matching pj pants that my mom put in our stockings...love them!!

A New Year, a New Post :-) I can't believe how fast the end of the year went!! It has been awhile since I posted anything and hopefully with a new year I'll be a little bit more on top of my blogging...hopefully!!

December is always a busy month, but the Christmas season always makes me reflect on where I am in life and my relationship with the Lord and what is truly important. There were multiple parties and events and some christmas light viewings which are always fun..heehee. But the best part of the whole season was having a whole week to be with my family. I drove home on Christmas Eve night and we had a huge dinner at my sister's in-laws house. The food was delicious and getting to see all the grandchildren playing together was so fun. Christmas morning is always crazy because there are sooo many gifts and everyone takes turns opening gifts which makes it much more special, but also can take hours to open all the gifts :-) Christmas afternoon, my parents, my brother and sisters that still live at home, myself and Karoline went to High School Musical 3. It was cute but VERY cheesy, however the best part was when we came out and my mom asked my brother John how he liked the movie and he said that he now knew that heaven really existed because he had just been in hell..hilarious!!!

On Saturday we all headed down to Myrtle Beach for our annual Grant family post-christmas vacation. Everyone was able to come even my sister Meredith flew in from Seattle to spend christmas and go to the beach. This year my sister Erin and my sister-in-law Jenna found a new place for us to stay and it was AMAZING!! It was an 8 bedroom, 7 bathroom, 3 story 'condo'. All of us were able to stay in the same place, have plenty of room to sleep and enough bathrooms that it didnt' take hours for everyone to get ready, and there were even extra beds with no one sleeping in them. We LOVED it!! And it was close to everything we love to do when we are down there. We outlet shopped ourselves to death, drove up to Calabash NC one night for seafood, trolled around Broadway at the Beach, watched ALOT of football, and played board games every chance we got. But most of all we just got to hang out and spend time together and love on one another. My cousin Allison and her boyfriend Tom stayed one night on their way back to Baltimore from Florida.

Several months ago when I was thinking about the end of one year and the beginning of another I was really dreading it. It meant another year of getting older and still not being married or even close and I was content to kind of wallow in that dread. But over the last couple of weeks I have really been thinking and praying about where I am and what the Lord has for me over this next year. And even if what I want for myself may not happen this year, what He has for me over the next year is what is best for me and I am really excited about it!! Who knows what will take place and where He will take me and that thrills me. So I have decided not to make any new year's resolutions but to resolve to know Him and love Him more and bring His name glory in all that I do!!