HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAREN!!!
Well…I’ve finally been done in. I caught a cold over the weekend. I survived the evil sicknesses that my students had all term and every cold/bug that my neices have had, but something got me. I started with a sore throat on my way home on Sunday night, which continued all day on Christmas and is now a full-fledged head cold. Yuck! I hate being sick!
If you want to see some of our pictures from Christmas Eve, btw, you should check out my husband’s website. He uploaded the pics last night.
So yeah…the holidays are over. It was a VERY tiring weekend. The short version goes something like this:
- Friday: drove to Adamsville, then to New Concord for a party at 7:00. We had lots of fun, left about midnight and headed back to the farm. We stayed until after lunch on Saturday and then came home.
- Saturday: came home from the farm, finished all the gift wrapping and such for the weekend and relaxed.
- Sunday: slept in, got up and went to Cedarville, went to church with the family at Grace, had a roast beef dinner at home, opened gifts with the family, cleaned up and goofed around for a couple of hours, had a light supper, the Edlunds (and Richards) came over, we opened gifts, I got a B & N gift card (YAH!!), we left about 9:30.
- Monday: got up, opened gifts with Eric (I got perfume and a Nintendo DS), got ready for the day, drove to the farm, opened gifts with the family, cleaned up, finished making dinner, the rest of the Hogue clan arrived at 1:00, had dinner, opened more gifts, cleaned up and goofed off until after the milking, drove to Grandma Powell’s house, ate a light supper, opened gifts with them, left about 9:30 for the farm. Went to bed.
- Tuesday: woke up, lounged around, ate lunch, loaded up the Jeep, and came home. I organized our gifts under the tree and then goofed around for the rest of the night. I’m partway through Book 4 of the Harry Potter series now!
You arrange opened gifts under the tree? I thought my family was the only one that did that!
I know! I loved the picture of Holly sitting in Chris’ lap! She’s adorable!
I still smile when I think of my attack, I mean, hug from Holly! And when Kelly plopped herself in my lap and started talking about the cross on my necklace. Cute kids.
Get some rest. I think you deserve a day of just reading.
It’s probably the late nights that allowed you to finally get your cold.Get plenty of rest and drink lots of liquids and you’ll feel better before you know it!
Great pictures on Eric’s site.You have to love the ones with Erik and Kayla!!
And I just looked at Eric’s pictures – Kelly is also extremely photogenic! Look at those eyes!!
Speaking of kids, Kelly is the cutest, most social kid I’ve seen in a long time!! Love her! (And Holly, too!)
Spend all today finishing that book in between napping! Doctor’s orders!
You know, as many times as I hear someone say Kayla’s a pretty baby, and as much as I think it myself, it still makes me get a big smile on my face every time! She IS pretty!!