Ho Ho Ho!

With all the stores playing Christmas music it’s safe to say that Christmas is coming up and around the corner, I want to talk about some of my favorite things about Christmas. Of course I love waking up on Christmas morning and opening up all my presents from my family, and watching my family open up all their presents from me.  It just feels really good to have everyone in my family there with me, although most of the time we will bicker with each other it is still a lot of fun.  Another thing that I like about Christmas is watching old Christmas movies that they play on television such as “A Christmas Story” those are movies I wouldn’t just pick up and watch and they are movies that I only watch about once a year.  Along with that I like to play in the snow with my nephews, then rush back inside when it’s so cold we can’t stand it outside anymore and drink hot chocolate with extra marshmallows, I prefer my hot chocolate with milk not water ;)!  I’m from a town near St. Louis and a popular thing to do around Christmas is go to a place called Santa’s Magical Kingdom! With all the stores playing Christmas music it’s safe to say that Christmas is coming up and around the corner, I want to talk about some of my favorite things about Christmas. Of course I love waking up on Christmas morning and opening up all my presents from my family, and watching my family open up all their presents from me. It just feels really good to have everyone in my family there with me, although most of the time we will bicker with each other it is still a lot of fun. Another thing that I like about Christmas is watching old Christmas movies that they play on television such as “A Christmas Story” those are movies I wouldn’t just pick up and watch and they are movies that I only watch about once a year. Along with that I like to play in the snow with my nephews, then rush back inside when it’s so cold we can’t stand it outside anymore and drink hot chocolate with extra marshmallows, I prefer my hot chocolate with milk not water ;)! I’m from a town near St. Louis and a popular thing to do around Christmas is go to a place called Santa’s Magical Kingdom! For those of you who do not know what Santa’s magical Kingdom is, it is a park called Jelly stone Park more like a resort because in the summer months people camp there in tents and cabin and in campers. Well around Christmas time they turn it into a major light show. There are lights everywhere, the trees are covered in Christmas lights and the cabins are smothered in them. They also have them hanging from the trees and light up reindeer that look like they are crossing the road, and lights that look like dolphins jumping out of the water and over the cars are you drive by. It is such a pretty sight to see. It is something fun my family likes to do usually every year or every other year. Another thing I like about Christmas is the meals! Being my first year away from college I’ve never really appreciated my mother’s cooking until now. I’m excited for the juicy ham, sweet potatoes covered in melted marshmallows, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, green beans, Watergate salad, and all the deserts! It taste so good and I’m defiantly looking forward to it this year! Lastly, I love going to my family’s houses such as my aunts and eating and watching all the little kids opening their presents from the adults, and going to my boyfriend’s grandpas and aunts is also a really good time for me. I enjoying being around people and celebrating the good times! I take full advantage of that because with the way the world is today you may never get to see all those people again. Now that I’ve shared what I enjoy and love about Christmas I hope that you all have a Happy Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! For those of you who do not know what Santa’s magical Kingdom is, it is a park called Jelly stone Park more like a resort because in the summer months people camp there in tents and cabin and in campers. Well around Christmas time they turn it into a major light show. There are lights everywhere, the trees are covered in Christmas lights and the cabins are smothered in them. They also have them hanging from the trees and light up reindeer that look like they are crossing the road, and lights that look like dolphins jumping out of the water and over the cars are you drive by. It is such a pretty sight to see.  It is something fun my family likes to do usually every year or every other year. Another thing I like about Christmas is the meals! Being my first year away from college I’ve never really appreciated my mother’s cooking until now. I’m excited for the juicy ham, sweet potatoes covered in melted marshmallows, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, green beans, Watergate salad, and all the deserts! It taste so good and I’m defiantly looking forward to it this year! Lastly, I love going to my family’s houses such as my aunts and eating and watching all the little kids opening their presents from the adults, and going to my boyfriend’s grandpas and aunts is also a really good time for me. I enjoying being around people and celebrating the good times! I take full advantage of that because with the way the world is today you may never get to see all those people again. Now that I’ve shared what I enjoy and love about Christmas I hope that you all have a Happy Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

My Little People

Im going to talk about the most important little people in my life as of right now . My nieces and nephews are  very dear and close to me I love them with all my heart. Im going to talking about them and tell you a little bit about them, starting out with my oldest nephew, my oldest nephew is brothers child and his name is Kirk III. Kirk is nine years old and is named after my dad and my brother. He has medium brown hair and is very tall for his age he is already 4'9", Kirk is in third grade and is the jokster, everyone thinks he is just so funny. Kirk is also the most loveable child. He will do anything to make sure your not upset and he always tells you and shows you how much he loves you. My second nephew is also my brothers child and he is five years old, going to be six in january. Aiden looks just like my brother he is short and stocky has this bright blonde hair and blue eyes. Aiden is the tough boy and loves sports and playing outside. He can be the one who is in timeout the most for just doing what boys do. He is deifnatly my brothers payback child LOL. Now to move on to my sisters children. My third nephews name is James. He is my lil turd child! He is 2 years old and into everything. He has very blonde hair and blue eyes. James is learning everything and it's so cute to hear him try and say things such as my name is kelsey but he cant quiet get it yet so he calls me Elsey or Icy and his other aunt amanda he calls deeda and we dont know why. He also calls a vaccum cleaner a notnee, with NO clue why??!? lol but it is soo funny. He knows his ABC's and he sings songs. He is a very smart little boy. Now finally we get to my sisters youngest child the first little girl!!! I was very excited to find out i was getting a niece and that little girl is my world! she is so precious and I just love her to pieces. Her name is Madelyn and she is 6 months old. She dosent have a lot of hair but what I can see it looks to be a light brown color and she has these bright blue eyes. She is such a happy little baby and she is always smiling and it makes ou just want to love all over her! She rarely gets very upset but when she does boy does she have a set of lungs. I definatly think she is going to fit right in with the boys..These children mean everything to me seeing that I dont have my own kids I consider them to be mine :) as in I would do anything for them. I love them to death and im very hapy and proud to be their Auntie K!

Teenage Pregnancy

Today in the world it is not uncommon to see a young girl between ages thirteen to eighteen walking around pregnant, and most of the time it doesn’t even make people look twice anymore. America promotes teenage pregnancy in a way, one of my favorite shows on television happens to be 16 and Pregnant/ Teen Mom. The shows are about 16 year old girls having babies. Yes, it does show the struggles they go through but I also feel that it shows that it is acceptable and ok for young girls who are still babies themselves to have babies.

I feel that young girls are not educated enough on the severity of being a mom at such a young age. What they are doing to themselves, the father of the baby, their family, and that innocent baby who did nothing wrong. At such a young age a girl’s body is not ready or developed to birth a child and it can be very hard on your body. I think they sometimes feel that having a baby is going to be great once the baby gets here and it’s going to be like playing house. Becoming a parent means growing up weather you are 13,16 or 40, having a child forces you to think about someone as more important than yourself. You no longer have that awesome party life. It’s gone, gave that teenage life up when you had your baby. I hate seeing teenage mothers have their child and then dumb it off on their parents. It’s like their parents had another child because they raise him/her because their mother would rather be out doing teenage things. Also teenagers need money, and so do babies, A LOT of money. Babies are expensive, so therefore the teenage mother has even more responsibility then they thought. They have to attend school, be a mom, and have a job to support their child’s needs. That baby didn’t choose this life you chose it for them, and that little person depends on you for everything now. Babies also can change relationships. Having a child at such a young age creates double the stress on a relationship no matter how solid you think they are. The stress can cause fights and possibly the couple to split up. Whether you realize it or not that baby knows and senses what is going on. They know when mom and dad are not happy, and therefore you are putting stress on your baby. Babies need positive environments to grow up in, and you and a teenage mother need to be able to provide that for them. Like I said earlier this innocent child did not choose this you chose this for them and now you are responsible for everything.
             To sum this up, being a teenage mother is not easy; it’s not like playing house. That baby you brought into the world is a living breathing thing that needs a responsible grown up to raise them. They require attention and love and money 24-7, that means giving up for life for theirs, and a stress free environment. Their life now means more than yours. I feel Macy Bookout is great example or a good teenage mother. I have posted a  link about Maci and her son Bentley and how Maci’s life has changed since she’s had Bentley. ((Read up on them))

I'M A BLUE

As some of you know from reading any of my previous blog post. That I am from a town near St. Louis Missouri. Therefore I have been born and raised to love the St. Louis Cardinals, Rams, and Blues.  I dot care if they are getting killed and are the worst team on earth I will still root for them and defend them against people bad talking my teams. (Sort of like the Cardinals this year, and how they had a downhill year; I’m sorry it’s not easy winning 10 championship rings cut them some slack) The Rams are doing much better this year than the previous years before and I am very proud of them. The Rams are 4 and 4 this year which is much better than last season considering that the Rams only won 1 game all year. I think their record last year was around 1-16 or 1-15 something like that.
                What I really want to talk about is the St. Louis Blues! IM A BLUE! And YOU’RE A BLUE TOO! I love the blues! I really enjoy going to the games. The Blues home record last season was 18-18-5, which isn’t really a spectacular home record but I consider myself sort of a lucky charm because I attended about 8 home games last season and they won ALL 8 of the games that I attended! (Knock on wood for this season) Of course as a female fan my favorite player is TJ Oshie! TJ Oshie is a young center on the blues team who I feel is a great asset to the team, and will continue to get even better with time. Another one of my favorite players was Chris Mason. He was the goalie for last season. Sadly the Blues let him go and he is now a part of the Atlanta thrashers organization. I liked Chris Mason because he helped the blues win several victories in face offs and they are also VERY exciting to watch! Our new starting goalie has proven to be just as good if not better for the team though. Our new goalie is Jaroslav Halak who came from Montreal. Of course the MOST exciting part of Hockey is always the fighting, because it is the only sport (other than MMA, and Boxing) that I can think of that allows fighting. Our key fighters last season are/was DJ King who actually broke is hand last season in a fight, were traded DJ this season for Vladimir Sobotka. Another really good fighter is St. Louis’ own Cam Jannsen. Cam is a really good fighter and he must enjoy it because he does it a lot. Cam is actually currently out this season with a concussion.  While speaking of fighters if any of you know anything about hockey we also had the legendary fighter Tony Twist. Tony was famous for fighting in hockey, and winning, guys would always try to fight him wanting to the guy who actually beat Tony Twist, but it always ended badly for them, as Tony would whip up on them.

I love the Blues and I love to watch hockey. Going to a game and watching it live is the best experience in the world! The blues are a great organization who gives a lot back to the community when they can. The blues are considered one of the best teams to never win a stanely cup, but have been the runners up several times! That’s all Folks! LETS GO BLUESSSSSS!