holidays! celebrate!

hi friends and family!

it has been really nice getting some time off from school and spending time with family. there has been quite a bit going on....see below

on christmas eve we always go to dad's with our grandma. here is dad, kyle, and ty that day.

Christmas day is at mom's. Kyle and I had the same idea for our gifts for each other!

i got claire this super cute beret. she had to give the french attitude to go with it. ;)

on Saturday we went to Mike & Penny's for the Pannell Christmas celebration. Kyle and Allie were great buddies.

NEW YEARS EVE. I decided to go back to Norman to ring in the new year with some girlfriends. we went to bricktown in OKC.

last night, mom, kim, and i went to dallas to watching the Dancing With the Stars tour! It was a lot of fun. we got to enjoy cheesecake factory beforehand too! my camera didn't get any good shots of the dancers, so i will just show the one that we had to take 3X to get a good one! :)

other things that have happened:

2 day trip to poteau and beavers bend with kim, ty, and claire. my bday! (i'm now 25). dentist appt with aunt penn (no wisdom teeth!). i have a new roommate, who has a dog of her own.... a sheepdog! more to come on that front. :)

even though i have until the 20th before school starts, i have a lot of work to do! so i gotta get crackin real soon.

thanksgiving holiday

it was very nice to go home and see a lot of family over the break! sadly, i didn't take many photos. here are some of my favorite highlights...

1. delicious food! we actually had lots of leftovers on the big day!
2. OU beats OSU!! what a great game! i was especially impressed with ty's interest and attention throughout the entire game.
3. trivial pursuit 1980's - mom & grant were the winners. no surprise that kyle & i were not too good. wait til the 2000's come out though! also, liked how uncle matt repeatedly told uncle mike, ooh, you'll get this one, before reading his question.
4. cranium - holly was convinced she would be 'less than' a full player. however, she and dani beat the rest of us pretty good. my fav was probably dani bodysurfing, dave's many humdingers, and the group sonny & cher humdinger.
5. james' convincing argument to angel on the responsibleness of eleanor roosevelt in apples to apples. she stood her ground tho and didn't cave in.
6. getting to hold molly rose!
7. chatting fashion with kyle and holly
8. kyle's and my confusion over a new word, 'tump'. tentative definition ~ synonym for dump.
9. ordering my very own big screen tv on black friday! thanks for the help kyle.
10. did i mention the food?? :)