Can you tell that the kids have been out of school? It is hard to find time to blog with a houseful of people. I will try to do a quick "catch up" of some of the fun things that have been going on around here.
Christmas day Mark and Zack left for Texas on a hunting trip. It was an early graduation gift for Zack so I guess that means he better graduate now. LOL! We paid for half of it and a close family friend that Zack calls "Uncle Ed" paid for the other half of it. Mark, Ed and Zack all went. Zack was the only successful hunter of the three and he got a buffalo and a fallow deer. I only have pictures so far of the buffalo. (Lesson learned: don't send men with a new camera. Wink!) They all had a wonderful time and continue to share stories with us.
(Zack, Mark, Uncle Ed, ? and Todd -? and Todd are "fellow hunters" that met them there along with Mike who was taking the picture.)
We had a low key New Year's Eve. We went over to our friends Jay and Lynnea's house for some catching up. Mark slept for almost 2 hours on their couch. Poor guy had driven through the night and all day to get back from Texas. He was beat. So we made fun of him while he snored. It was great entertainment. LOL!
While Mark was gone I had hinted that I would really like an iPod Touch and asked him what he thought about me getting one. He called home Tuesday night and told me to go get one if I wanted to. It was about 10pm at night when he called but all of us girls were up because I had let them have coke with their pizza and my kids aren't used to the caffeine. They were wide awake. I looked at them after I got off the phone with Mark and said, "You girls feeling like going out right now to Wal-mart and getting it?" I am certain you know the answer. We were back home a little after 11pm. It was fun to do something so out of character and my girls couldn't stop talking about it. We have all had fun playing with it. It has become somewhat of a family gadget but I still get it when I want it. Wink!
Then last Friday we picked up my niece, Emily, from my folk's house. My sister and her husband had left on Wednesday to Florida for the wedding of my sister's boss. We got to have Emily from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. What a blessing! We enjoyed her so much even though it still didn't feel like long enough. We surprised Julie and Leo and met them at the airport. They were planning on coming to our house to pick up Emily. I remember how long the travel back home is when you have been away from your kids, you can't get home fast enough. They were so happy to see us waiting for them when they got off the plane. They hadn't suspected a thing. It was all worth it to see them both loving on Emily and her soaking every bit of it up.
So now the kids are back in school and life is returning to as normal as our life can get. Anna is in full swing with basketball and still has soccer a couple times a month. Zack is gearing up for the indoor season of track. He has a meet this saturday. Kaylyn is laying low until outdoor track season starts after spring break. Libby is enjoying a field trip to Lansing today to visit the state capital. She hardly slept last night anticipating. I was so bummed that I wasn't one of the parents picked to go along. I am sure she is having fun.
Kim is her chaperone since her daughter Bekah is in the same class as Libby. Libby was excited about that.
Smiles!
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