Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I was so excited to get to talk to my family on Christmas! I got to Skype them, so I got to talk to them AND see them!!! It was so much fun. My family is awesome and I love them. They are amazing. It was so wonderful getting to see them, talk to them, and see who all was coming to Christmas dinner at my Aunt's house. I miss each and every one of my family members, and I can't wait to see them again.

On Christmas Eve as well as Christmas day, we got to play some really fun games with members. On Christmas Eve, we got to spend some time with a family singing Christmas carols, then playing a Christmas trivia game. My team won, by the way :)

On Christmas day, we had some really awesome dinner, and afterwards we played a super fun game. We stood in a circle, and each of us held a wrapped box. The leader of the game read a story about an elf named "Lefty". Every time we heard the word "left" in any context, we would pass our box to the left. Any time we heard the word "right" in any context, we would pass our box to the right. Any time we heard the word "Santa", we would run across the circle to a different spot. It was so much fun. There was tons of laughing. At the end of the game, we got to unwrap our box, and each of us held a box of candy. I got Sour Patch Kids. :)

Christmas evening after dinner, we went to visit some more people. It had been snowing all day, and the roads were covered in snow and ice. One of our awesome members was driving us, and every time we would turn in an intersection, we would end up sliding 180 degrees. It was crazy, but we were all safe and nothing bad happened.

It keeps snowing here, and I love it! I got some new boots, and they are waterproof and lined. :)
It's been a really exciting week.

I would like to thank all of you that sent gifts to me and my companion over the holidays. We greatly appreciate everything that we have received, and we are very thankful.

Hope you all have tons of fun on New Year's Eve!!!

Here's a picture of me, my companion, and the Spanish speaking sisters in our area.

A beautiful sunset.