I love Saturdays - I don't have to work, and usually I can hang out at my house (or clean it if I'm in the mood).  Matt and I also get to spend the whole day together, and sometimes we like to do things like going to the aviary (last Saturday).  I mostly love any day I don't have to work, but Saturdays are better than Sundays (does that make me a bad person?) because Sundays you're limited on what types of activities you can do - like no shopping.  Even though we have memberships to the aviary and zoo (hence wouldn't have to pay...), I don't go because I don' t want to support other people having to work on Sunday.  So, Saturdays are generally my favorite day.  This Saturday, though, we had lots going on..... okay, I had lots going on :)

To start, Matt's littlest brother, McKade, was baptised. It was great because most of the family participated in the program in some way, and we got to visit with extended family. :)  After the baptism, we went to Matt's parents for lunch and more socializing.

So I was listening to Taylor's new album on my way home from work (cuz that's what I do), and I thought I'd share this song with y'all.  It reminds me of my mom because at some point, I promised her I wouldn't grow up.  She even brought it up once in my teenage years.  Tonight it struck me more than usual, so I'm posting it (because nothing else goes on now that the holidays are over). 

I put it first in my country playlist, so you don't have to listen to everything or search around to find it.  This was the only way I could easily get it here.  All the YouTube recordings are bad and typically pitch-shifted because of copyright, and since it's not a single with a video.... this is what you get.

This year, since we had to call Matt's brother Devan (in the Leon, Mexico mission) at 7:15am, and since we opened our Christmas presents early, and since we live two minutes away so we could easily jet home to feed our animals, we actually slept over at Matt's parents' on Christmas eve.  It was rather fun because Jason and Camile typically sleep over, too, so we had everyone (less Devan) over for Christmas.  That night, Curtis brought up all of his loud and obnoxious percussion instruments and we jammed to Feliz Navidad for awhile.  I won't bother posting a video because they're long and obnoxious, but I did snap a few stills as well (we went through it like five times at least :))

Jason and Camile also got everyone a little gift to open Christmas Eve.  We have to share ours with Turk :)  Too bad I've come to the conclusion he hates the shower.  Maybe we'll have to try a shallow dish for him to bathe in.  It's okay, though, this little rack is a nice addition to our shower :)

Matt brought over the Nintendo and Base Wars, and we all stayed up way too late.  The boys mostly played downstairs, while us girls chatted upstairs.  It was fun because Camile and I sat and talked for ages.  We finally went to bed at 12:45am.  I, unfortunately, woke up shortly after falling asleep because my hip hurt. (We were on the floor.  Even though we had a big fuzzy blanket and I put a pad down under it, it didn't seem to matter much.) After waking up and rolling over, I had a bad coughing attack.  I'm very surprised no one woke up, not even Matt who was right next to me.  It was so bad I finally had to go upstairs to get my NyQuil.  I went back to sleep around 1:45am.