November 27, 2012

• Diving back in….again.

  ~Happy Tuesday~

   

  Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving.

  Ours was nice.

  We spent it at my parent’s house.

  We had awesome temps.

  Warm and Sunny.

  The cousins were able to spend alot of time

  outside.

  I think they played kickball.

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  Over the long weekend,

  we got all our Christmas decorations up.

  Inside and Out.

  All done.

  We even went for our first ride of the season

  to look at Christmas lights on 

  all the houses in the neighborhood.

  We found lots of pretty ones.

  I was surprised at how many houses were

  already decorated.

  We’ve had our first snow of the season too.

  Not much and it’s gone now,

  but it still thrilled the girls to 

  wake up to the other day.

  ~*~*~*~*~*

  Miss Alli is quite the Christmas elf.

  She loves Christmas.

  She’s been giddy for awhile now.

  Been listening to Christmas music

  since Halloween at least.

  So, she’s loving that it’s finally this time of year.

  It’s funny to watch her.

  Most of the time anyway.

  Sometimes she is a bit wound up 

  and I wonder how she is going to make it to Christmas

  w/ all that excitement.  And of course,

  Miss Abby feeds off her, and also gets excited.

  For them, it’s not even about the presents,

  they just love this time of year.

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  And, after the long weekend,

  we survived the Monday back to it all. 

  At least most of us did.

  Poor Nikki woke up with hives/rash all over her face 

  and neck yesterday morning.  

  Had to take Benedryl and it ’bout knocked her out.

  She had a long day too, at school and work…

  so it seemed even longer, since

  she had to struggle to stay awake.

  Not sure why she keeps breaking out,

  if it’s a cold/virus related thing or what.

  But, I do know, she’s about done w/ it all.

  ~*~*~*~*~*~ 

  The girls and I had a nice day.

  After getting our stuff done, 

  we played games.

  I played Clue, Trouble, Sorry and 

  Old Maid w/ Abby.

  Alli and I played a game of Battleship

  and Scrabble.

  Later in the evening,

  Rosie and I played a game of Disney Monopoly.

  I don’t play Monopoly very often,

  but it was fun.

  Rosie and Abby also made some

  snickerdoodle cookies.

  Snickerdoodles are probably my 

  most favorite cookies.

   After supper,

  which was a fend for yourself night,

  the younger 3 girls and I did devotions.

  Then Miss Abby and I snuggled down to read some

  Christmas storybooks.

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   I have to say that I really kinda like this time of year–

  when it gets dark earlier and things seem to

  settle down earlier.  

  Right now we’ve been spending some of our evenings watching

  some of the many Christmas movies on the Hallmark 

  Channel. 

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  The days seem to have a different way about them too.

  Along w/ the day to day stuff,

  we’re playing more games

  and 

  the girls are definitely doing more baking.

  Used to be only Nat or Nik did most of the baking.

  Now, the younger girls have been asking to get

  in the kitchen and bake us some yummy goodies.

  Alli would bake something everyday, if she could.

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   I’m sure part of the difference in our days,

  is Bob’s new job.

  Turns out, he lost the other new job.

  The place he was working completely 

  closed its door.

  Thankfully, he was blessed to find another job

  after only a week.

  But it’s quite a drive.

  Over an hour each way.

  And it’s afternoon/night shift.

  So he’s gone much of the time.

  We aren’t complaining at all.

  We feel very, very, very blessed that he is working 

  and making decent money.

  But, it does change up the routine/schedule of the house.

  So far, it’s working out fine.

  We just had to settle into the groove of it.

  It’s been something for the younger girls to get used to,

  having Dad gone alot more and at such different times.

  Bob used to work 2nd/3rd shift for many years so the rest

  of us have been this road before….we remember those days.

  But, not the younger girls.  It’s been a bit of an 

  adjustment. Changes the way we do some things.

  But, again, just thankful that he’s working

  and that, so far, it seems to be a really good job.

   

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