Merry Christmas

It's been a great Christmas so far! It was great to get out of school and get back home with my family for a couple weeks. I've mostly just been playing around since I got home, which is just the way I like it. I've seen a movie, gone out to eat at a really good restaurant called Red Iguana, shopped, slept a lot, and played tons of music.
Today was Christmas day and it was a lot of fun. Julianne, Rachel, Jen and I had a sleepover in Rachel's room last night and this morning, I woke up to Rachel poking me in the head and telling me that it was 7:40! We were planning on waking up at 7 but we ended up sleeping in quite a bit. It's funny how we've changed because we used to wake up super early to go open presents but lately, since we're all older and more exhausted all the time, we like sleeping in. But we got up at 7:40 (not really sleeping in I suppose), went and woke up my parents, had toast and grape juice, lined up to take pictures and then went in and opened presents. There were a lot of fun presents this year for everyone. Mom got an accordion, Dad got a cool video camera for his ATV, Rachel got a spotting scope, Jen got a popcorn maker, and I got a kit that lets you make your own electric guitar. It is really cool. I can't wait to put it together.

My family really impressed me this year with the amount of charitable things they did. I just feel like they all cared a lot about others and about making this a good Christmas for everyone around them. However, I personally did horrible at this. I've been a really selfish person lately and I didn't do enough for others this Christmas. I left my Christmas presents for my family until last minute so I didn't do anything special for them like they did for me and I just haven't spent enough time thinking and doing things for others. This season is a special time for thinking about Christ and His birth and life. His entire life was lived for others and nothing He did was selfish or thoughtless. That is the kind of life I should be trying to live. Not the one I am currently living. This is something I really want to be better at because I am pretty miserable right now. It is not fun just being about myself all the time.
I'm just really grateful that I have my family's and my Saviour's example of how to live life. They are all so wonderful and I am grateful that I have them in my life. They helped me remember what Christmas is really about today.