So much has been going on the past couple of weeks.
The kids had 2 Christmas programs in one day. The first was a really really good one at church, the second was a crazy secular program at the school that night. It was called Christmas at Bethlehem Gulch and it was a country western type thing. It was pretty funny and all of the kids did a good job. Bekah was a sheep and Brian was a shephard. I have pictures, if I ever get the piano recital video stuff straightened out I'll post the pics too.
Speaking of... Bekah did great in her first piano recital! Her curtsy was The Bomb, crossed legs and all. It was Brian's second recital and he nailed it. It was a pretty great night and I was super proud of the kids.
Let's see, after that there was more work and a little more overtime, leading up to Christmas.
Christmas was pretty great, even with the Christmas Eve trip to the ER. Staci and I were out to get a couple of last minute groceries and walk around some stores just for the fun of it, when she only half made the step up onto a curb, twisted her ankle and fell. After she recovered her breath and battled off the tears of pain, we did our shopping, got my hair trimmed, and walked around some stores. Back at home we hung out with family and eventually opened some gifts. Shortly after we got home from that, Mom got here. We exchanged the rest of our gifts and Staci was still in incredible pain, so off to the ER we went. At the very least we should come away with some pain med that's stronger than Ibuprofen! Turns out she tore the ligaments in her ankle, so now she has a brace on and some crutches. Oh, and some decent pain meds! heh-heh On the bright side, that was the fasted in-and-out of an ER I've ever experienced.
So, Mom was here for Christmas, which was cool. We didn't do much Christmas day but lay around and watch movies, which I already posted about. I had to work the rest of the week, which sucked, but Mom stuck around until Friday. Tim and Mary came over Wednesday and we opened some gifts with them, got some pizza, hung out and played some games. Hailey wasn't feeling too good, which kinda sucked, but was kinda cool because she was cuddly. :-)
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful until Mom crashed through a deer fence about 2 miles from the house on her way home! But I'll leave that for her to tell.
Saturday we went over to the Pastor's for lunch and to talk with some people about Pathfinders getting started here. We came home at 10pm! LOL It was a good time, even though the Patriots won.
I kid you not, 15 minutes after we got home everyone was asleep except me. Crazy family!
Today we went out for breakfast and then went grocery shopping. I've been doing laundry and watching movies the rest of the day.
Tomorrow I have to work, and I'm already planning on putting in at least 12 hours. I'll have the rest of the week off and I want to leave as little extra work as possible from my buddy to have to take care of (preferably none at all).
We've been invited to a party tomorrow night, so I guess we haven't fallen COMPLETELY off the radar. heh-heh. Not sure what we're doing Tuesday, probably as little as possible. The Pastor will be coming over for supper that night though. Who knows about the rest of the week; I'm sure it will take care of itself.