My merry carolers! The two who can't sing are, and I'm sure Caitlin is wishing us all Peace on Earth.
That Sam....always carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders....
Me and the kiddos.
So, this is the second post to our blog in 3 days! I'm a feast or famine kind of person, I suppose. Actually, the last post was courtesy of my adorable niece, Vanessa, who shamed me into getting back into blogging. She reminded me consistently throughout the week of how behind our blog was, so being the sweet person that she is, she did it for me :) That being said, I'm feeling compelled to keep up the momentum and start posting more regularly. I have been told there are no blogging rules or norms that require one to catch up for the many, many months their blog has been inactive. I'm very happy about that.
So, this was a busy, wild, fun-filled, service-filled Thanksgiving holiday weekend! We spent Thanksgiving day with many friends and all of my family at Mary and Mike's home. They have a beautiful home that is perfect for entertaining and both of them are wonderful hosts who make you feel very at home. We had a great time ...lots of laughing and eating....and oh, the pecan pie! I think I'm still living off the sugar and fat from the enormous piece I ate. But hey, it's the holidays :)
So, this was a busy, wild, fun-filled, service-filled Thanksgiving holiday weekend! We spent Thanksgiving day with many friends and all of my family at Mary and Mike's home. They have a beautiful home that is perfect for entertaining and both of them are wonderful hosts who make you feel very at home. We had a great time ...lots of laughing and eating....and oh, the pecan pie! I think I'm still living off the sugar and fat from the enormous piece I ate. But hey, it's the holidays :)
I got some shopping in with Vanessa on Friday, after an early morning trip to the doctor who confirmed I had sinus and ear infections, and most likely strep throat. So, after popping antibiotics and decongestants, Vanessa and I shopped and then did the fastest decorating job ever in my mom's house as a way of surprising her and helping her get some holiday spirit. I'm quite sure we could be in the Guiness Book of World Records for the fastest decorating duo. It took us longer to unearth all the decorations and find extension cords in the basement than it did to string lights and put up tinsel! That night Sam had some friends sleep over and they enlisted us in a rousing game of Apples to Apples.
Saturday I helped the Youth Group cook and serve lunch at St. Anne's, one of the homeless shelters in Ogden. Vanessa came along and including her and myself there were 11 of us that cooked and fed 139 people. My sweet husband spent time with Caitlin going for coffee, hanging Christmas lights on our trees out front, and cleaning our house. It was a good day.
Saturday night, Chip's sister Ann, and our niece Briana, stopped for a visit on their way from Laramie back to LaGrande, Oregon. As usual, we stayed up late talking and laughing, and my voice was totally shot by the end of the night. It's good to lose one's voice from too much talking and laughing, I think.
Yesterday it finally dawned on me that I have a pretty hefty paper due this Thursday, a smaller one due on Tuesday, as well as a final to study for. All this playing kind of made me forget I'm not quite finished with the semester yet. So, Sunday was pretty much spent sequestered in my office madly typing away. We did get our Christmas tree up and our house decorated, after which we went to see A Christmas Carol (good, but I think it would be scary for little guys) and took a stroll through Christmas Village. It's been years since we did that with the kids. It used to be a holiday tradition to visit Christmas Village; the first time we went we were pushing a very tiny Caitlin in a stroller. While the kids are older, and there's no longer the whole Santa thing to enjoy, I have to say we had just as much fun and I still think Christmas lights are magical.
