Christmas Eve....

I don't know what it is, but this year Christmas Eve just doesn't feel like it is really Christmas. Maybe it is because my kids are older and some of the thrill of secrecy is gone. Who knows. We use to go drive around and look at Christmas lights but they are everywhere now so you really don't have to go looking for them. The kids are old enough that they don't need any entertaining from us.

I do remember that the fun part is not the reason we celebrate this time of year, but this year that is the part of the season that I am missing!

I don't want my kids to be little again by any means, but I would love to be feeling some of that old magic that use to make it so hard to fall asleep.

Merry Christmas everyone, my your Christmas be filled magic. And may we always remember the joy of the special baby born on Christmas night!

Time is flying.....

So......It is officially the last month of this year! Weird to think of it that way isn't it? Most people are thinking of it as the month of Christmas (with good reason). I too was thinking about how close Christmas was getting, until Megan updated her Face Book status this morning.

She was probably thinking it would be funny or clever, but it almost threw me into a panic.

Status Update Dec 2ND 2009 9:06 AM "85 days 4 hours 58 mins until I'm a legal adult. Wow"

What parent is ever thinking they are going to have there kids really be old enough to be a real adult? Certainly NOT me! I was totally unprepared for this statement this morning. I have been thinking ever since about the post I made for my Dad (the Cinderella video) and how now even though I am not the Dad, it totally applies to me. Here and now!

Time really is flying! I would like to apply the breaks and just slow down for just a little. Take more time to enjoy all the giggles and silly moments I failed to write down. All the times we have argued but ended in a hug or something of the like. The times that didn't.

I also keep thinking, that for someone that was never going to have kids, I am sure having a hard time with, thinking of them being ready to go out on their own.

I hope that as my kids do grow and venture out on their own, that I have taught them well and given them the desire to succeed and be amazing adults, but that I have also given them the desire to visit with me often even after they take on their new adult life. If this is the case, then I will have been successful.

Megan I love you and you truly inspire me to be a better Mother and woman! I wanna grow up and be a lot like you! ;)

I should be glad....

Well, now that all to company has gone and my house is semi back to normal, some sort of sickness has come upon me. :( Dang it!
A couple of months ago when the swine flu/H1N1 was floating around our house, I managed to remain in pretty good health. So I am wondering why did it hit me now?
I should be glad, that it is now and not when I had a house full of company. I still keep thinking though, it would have been better to be sick while I was off work rather than now, when I am suppose to be going back to work. What a bummer!
Makes me think though how grateful I am for my health! I really don't get sick too often, but when I do I am always reminded how blessed I am to be healthy! I guess I can deal with a cold and the quiezzies if that is what it takes to remind me to be grateful. For grateful I am!
Night I am going to bed early!

Worn out...

I guess this last week must have worn me right out. I didn't feel like I over exerted myself that much, but I have been feeling like I just might be getting sick. I have had a bit of a sore throat, and hot and cold and headache. Blah! I even stayed home from church today.
Megan and Ford got up and went to a farewell for Joseph Jensen this morning. He use to be in our ward when we first moved into this house. I can't believe he is old enough to be going out on a mission! Makes Ford almost being old enough all that more real to me. I hope for me that time will so slowly and that for the Jensen's time will move quickly!
I need to go to bed, because I can not afford to miss any work due to being sick! Wait..... I can't afford to miss any work for ANYTHING but especially not for being sick!

Why is it....

Why is it that now that Thanksgiving is over it seems harder than ever to find something to blog about?

My company (some of them) left for Idaho this morning, and when they left I have to say that it seemed oddly silent! Even Chet said that is was weird how quiet it was after they had gone home.

Some of the rest of the day was spent putting the house back to it's original state. It wasn't very hard because all we did basically is push all of the furniture to the outer edges of the room. So when we were done we just pushed it back into place. You might never have known that they were here.

The pictures are of the morning after Thanksgiving after a bunch of them got back from their early morning shopping trip. Crazies!!!!

Mmmmm....."Goodwood BBQ"

Tonight was almost as good as Thanksgiving. In some ways it may have been better, because I didn't have to cook! :) Yay!
We set up an adult date night while Bret and Melinda were here from Idaho. We got together and went out to Goodwood BBQ for dinner. There was 10 of us all together. Trent & Melissa, Chet & I, Bret & Melinda, John & Linda and Brent & Martha. The only problem with going as a large group is that not everyone can visit with everyone else.
We did have a great time visiting everyone. I really wish we live closer, so that we could spend more time visiting so that we didn't feel like we had to cram as much as we could into such a short amount of time. We really do have a good time when we all get together. Not to be rude, but especially without the little ones! Thank you Parker family for coming to Utah! It's a good time.

Whew! Happy Turkey Day!

I bet the whole world heard my huge sigh of relief when the feasting was over at my house today!

First of all I really have to say that over all I really had a good time. I didn't take on the wholemeal like I have in the past so it was much easier to prepare for. (note to self, delegate!)

Also I had a lot of people here that were very willing to help and the kids are all getting old enough now that even when the feasting was over, there really wasn't much of a mess! I vacuumed and you might never have known that 25 people had all just been stuffing their faces in my family room.

There was a ton of food! Melinda (my sister in law) made orange rolls, yummy! My Mother in law baked a turkey and did the mashed potatoes and gravy (oh ya, and stove top stuffing). Cris (my brother in law) made baked Mac& cheese again, Yummy! I baked a turkey, made candies yams cheated and bought pies and rolls. Chet also deep fried a turkey! Next year I think we will only Deep fry! It comes out so much more moist! (and Chet can do that part! )

Anyway, after dinner my sister in law Wendy and I cleaned up the food and the kitchen while the others played a game. There were far too many bodies down there for my comfort, which is why I chose to do the dishes. Makes sense right?

It was also my nephews birthday today so after a while everyone headed over to play a game of ultimate ball at the church and then go celebrate Derek's birthday. I have to admit it was very quiet after they left, and very nice! I did get over before they got done and took some pictures. It looked like they had a really good time!

Round about the time we were settling into our normal routine here at the home front they all came home to just into bed so they can get up at an entirely unnatural hour (2 AM) and go shopping for the deals! All I can say, is better them than me! Let me SLEEP! 8AM will get here early enough as it is!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am so grateful it is over for this year! :)