Time Flies!

Wow! I can't believe that it has been a month since I entered my last blog. I was going to do this every week, but ....
Christmas was great. Christmas Eve we spent trying to fit as many families in as possible. At noon we got together at Julie & Sheldon's house. Ofcourse we ate too much but what is Christmas without all of the food. At 5:00 we meet with the Jensen gang and ate and visited. This year with them, we didn't do a gift exchange. Instead, we all donated food and treats and put together boxes to take to a family that we felt needed it. By 9:00 we headed home to do our 'own' thing with the kids. We had drawn names and so we opened up those gifts.
I decided that I wanted to do something a bit different for the gift opening on Christmas morning. Usually it is just a frenzy! I wrapped all of the gifts and put an answer to a question on the gift. Then I went around and asked individuals the question and they had to go and find their gift by finding the answer. I thought that it turned out pretty good. Instead of ripping through the gifts, we actually took about 1 1/2 hours to get through them. Did I mention that the kids woke us up at 5:00. I had just gotten to sleep when Chad came and jumped on the bed. Ya - I know mom & dad - pay back time.
Christmas day was spent in Lethbridge at James & Jody's for lunch and then off the Ramada with the Evanson's. It was a lot of fun.
The rest of the week I worked.
We spent New Year's Eve at the Ramada - yes I said the Ramada (again) - with the Jensen Family.
That was my Christmas. It is always good to get together with family.
This past weekend we moved Melissa and Dayne into a house. I know that Melissa is so excited to finally be on their own. I think that it will be good for them to get a taste of what the real world is all about - especially how much it costs to live. I have to admit I thought that I was going to be lonely, but surprisingly, it's not all that bad.