Just Simply Holly

As much as I dreaded going to the family party at my sisters house last night, I’m actually very glad I went! It was amazing to see all six of us kids and our spouses, plus all of our kids, plus some of our kids are married or have long term significant others, and then my one niece is a mother herself. There was a total of 30 of us waiting outside when my mom and step father to pulled up. The look on their faces was priceless! They came to my sisters house with the expectation of my sister and brother in law taking them out to dinner, so seeing the whole gang there was quite a surprise! My mom immediately broke down in tears when she realized what was going on, my step father was speechless! The best part of the night was their reaction when they unwrapped their 42 inch TV! Mom just couldn’t believe what she was seeing, then broke into tears…LOL!

Everyone brought a dish to pass so we ended up with sloppy joes, mac n cheese, cheesy potatoes, baked beans, veggies and chips. It was a TON of food, but it was also obvious that we should have made more…LOL! We ran out of sloppy joes and cheesy potatoes by the end of the line. After everyone was done eating we sat around talking. I hadn’t seen my step sisters husband in several years, so it was really good to see him! And my step brother had to be silly, he had brought the brand new Cleveland golf clubs that his wife had gotten him for his birthday this week, complete with fluorescent golf balls, so all the guys ended up golfing in the snow…LOL!

I hate that I made myself stressed out about going to this party!  I was on the brink of calling my sister and telling her I was sick or making up some lame excuse, but I hated the thought of lying to her even more than I hated the thought of going to the party.  Lying just isn’t cool in my book, at all!