Christmas Break

Christmas break has already consisted of...

Sleeping in every morning. (I slept for 14 hours the day after finals ended!)

No homework.

Using my gym membership daily... and I have time to attend not only one class, but TWO!!

Eating lots of goodies.

Spending time with family

Driving around to look at Christmas Lights

Seeing old friends

Hiking Camelback Mountain to find a live, decorated Christmas tree at the top

Wearing flip-flops non-stop

Being able to practice the piano at home

Spending an entire day on a project that I decided to do that very morning

Listening to Christmas Music

Buying gifts for others who are less-fortunate than me

Watching TV/movies without feeling guilty

Seeing the Temple Christmas Lights

Attending Grandma's Christmas Party

Making Gingerbread Houses

Further plans for Christmas break include...

Eating more goodies

Getting lots more sleep

Working out at my favorite place again and again

Reading a good book

Seeing more friends

Snow sledding

Watching the Miracle on 34th St., White Christmas, & The Year without a Santa Claus

Eating Peppernuts

Decorating Christmas Sugar Cookies

Shopping with Mom

Ice Skating??

Seeing the Movie, Tangled

Forcing myself to sign-up for my 3rd half-marathon

Making new crafts

Finding Snowboarding gear

And remembering the True Reason for the Season

I heard a statistic today: only 35% of Americans correlate Christmas with the birth of Jesus Christ. That was very disheartening for me to hear! This entire time of celebration is to be centered around our Savior; yet, this true meaning has been lost in all the noise of the world! I hope and pray that I can spend the next few days spending time to focus on the Savior - the real reason why we celebrate CHRISTmas!