It's the Holiday Season!

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 I love the holiday season! T'is quite unfortunate that I haven't found time to write. Apparently I struggle with  consistency. But sometimes socializing and spending time with my fam is more important, wouldn't you agree?

Christmas is fast approaching and I'm excited. It's my first time in a looooong while that I'm in Seattle leading up to the holidays. It's fun spending time with my mom and sister crafting Christmas crafts, and viewing our traditional line-up of holiday movies. (Some of our favorites are Elf, The Bishop's Wife, White Christmas, and Miracle on 34th Street).

Haven't made it into the city yet, but I did do Black Friday shopping with my mom and sister. We had a blast! We felt so bad for the poor retail workers that had to work through the night, so on principle we didn't start our shopping until 6am on Friday.

A side note:

Don't you think it's ridiculous that some stores

 opened on Thanksgiving night? 

And I'm not talking 12am, but 9pm? 

Or am I old-fashioned?

(I sure hope not--I'm only 28).

Other highlights of the past few weeks:

• Thanksgiving with the fam and great friends. Complete with an inappropriate cousin (not mine of course). It was hilarious!
• Bellevue Botanical Gardens with a great group of friends.
• Being bold, and confessing (perhaps I've been watching too many Korean dramas, but they do it all the time). It felt great to know where we stand. (Just friends, and I actually prefer it that way).
• Making Czech food for my friends. Ovocne knedliky are the best! I'm grateful to my MTC companion for sending me the recipe!
• Having a new roommate move in--she's amazing!
• Watching the First Presidency Christmas Devotional (even though we accidentally watched the wrong year). 
• Seeing Arthur Christmas with my mom. Super cute movie!
• Hanging out at Crossroads, eating bulgogi, and drinking bubble tea, whilst listening to a community concert. There was one rockin' grandma that we wanted to call our own. 

Hoorah for the Holiday Season!