Christmas 2016

SO!
T'is the day before Christmas!

I also forgot to do a picture.
So, I quickly whipped this one together!
It's not that bad..............................
Could you tell I wasn't in the chair?
:-)
ANYWAYS!
I would type more but I'm off to church.
WHAT?!!?!
CHURCH!
Yes.
I know it's a crime in the society we live in.
And then after that, we are going to open presents!
SO!! I'll be back in an hour or two.
MORE TO COME!!
I'll keep updating this post as the day goes on!
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THE NEXT DAY....... THE DAY OF CHRISTMAS
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OK!
Sorry I didn't update my day throughout... the day.
I was having so much fun with the family!
And today.... I just slept all day.
But, here I am to recap what happened!
First off, the picture.
I realized I didn't make one for Christmas this year.
I really wanted too!!
So, I quickly thought of this idea!
It was a bit tricky to make because I didn't have to strands of garland.
SOOO, I had to make one picture with the strand on the bed, and then make another one with it around me.
Here they are...

OK!
Now, I just had to Photoshop it together.
In Lightroom, I had to do a lot of noise reduction because I forgot to set the ISO.
The dark room needed a high ISO which leads to graininess.
LASTLY!! I added saturation and boosted the brightness a bit.
COMPARE!!

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
If you're on a touchscreen device, just tap on the picture. You may have to tap more than once.

AMAZING!!
I would do the Image Slider stuff, but this picture is cropped.
Cropped images don't line up right because the proportions are off.
I worked too fast and forgot to see the right BTS pictures.
OH WELL!!
MOVING ON!!
Now we are at the Christmas festivities.
We opened our presents yesterday because it was the only day we could.
Well, it wasn't.
It was the best day.
Each family has their own mini-families.
Our family is basically in three sections.
My mom has two sisters, which would be my Aunts.
Duh.
So, there's one section ruled by one Aunt and another one ruled by the other.
All those contain all the different cousins I have.
Which would be the mini-families.
There's my section ruled by my mom.
That section includes my Brother who has his own mini-family.
Have I lost you yet?
It basic family tree stuff!
BASICALLY!!! Each mini-family gets their own day!
Yesterday was the day we spent with my Brother and his mini-family.
I opened the presents from them and the ones from my parents.
Then, on the 31st is the BIG family get together.
I'll get more presents then!
Hopefully....
ANYWAYS!!
Here's what I got..........
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Stuff!
THAT'S RIGHT STUFF!
A season pass to Six Flags and a new hoodie from my dad with I'm not going to talk about.
Also, I gift card to Wendy's which I'm going to use tomorrow because there's no food in the house.
Overall, it wasn't too bad.
We all have no money and couldn't afford anything fancy.
Except for the kids.
The kids got the fancy stuff.
I'm ok with that. :-)
ANNYWAYSSSS
You can see all this in the Christmas video!!
It did get a bit long because I rambled about a few things in the middle.
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below.

ALRIGHT!
DONE!
It was a fun Christmas.
COME BACK WEDNESDAY for the continuation of the Park videos!!!