I hope everyone has enjoyed their holiday season. We have enjoyed some nice, quality time together. Ron had Christmas Eve and Christmas day off this year! A first in almost seven years with Disney. Whew! I'm off from Christmas Eve until January 6th and I've been enjoying every moment of my free time with the boys (despite the colds running throughout the family).
My grandmother always spends Christmas with us. Whether she's in Washington or California, she's always at our house on Christmas. I've never had a Christmas without her and would never want to spend a Christmas without her. Due to the ginormous amount of snow Washington got just before Christmas, she was unable to spend this Christmas with us. I was sad, but felt worse that she had to be all alone on Christmas. However, she will be making up the lost time and come to visit sometime in February hopefully.
This Christmas was also a tough one. My close friend and co-worker's husband has been battling kidney cancer, recently had surgery, only to find he was also battling heart problems. He had surgery to place two stents in his heart on Christmas Eve. My sister-in-law Kelley has been dating a guy named Mike for the last couple of years and has gotten very close this his family. Mike has a sister who's boyfriend was the recent victim from the "Santa killer" on Christmas Eve. The boyfriends parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and nephew (9 in total) were brutally murdered on Christmas Eve. Instances like these all make me so grateful for the small amount of family I do have, and especially for Ron's family that graciously make me feel right at home.
It is my hope that 2009 is a great year for everyone. Enjoy the new year and be safe!
Monday, December 29, 2008
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Kids....
Random Thoughts
Every now and then Ron and I laugh at how some kids have random thoughts they share with you regardless of their relevancy. Sometimes Ron will say out of the blue, "My neighbor has a dog named Mud!" and it always makes me laugh because I know exactly what he's talking about. Blake doesn't quite talk clearly enough to have these moments, and Colin hasn't been talking for very long so he hasn't had many either. But TONIGHT was his night!
I was putting the boys to bed (Blake for the second time) in their bunk beds, and Colin was quietly snuggling with his bears. Blake was not-so-quietly complaining about bed time. After I sternly told him to stay in bed I walked away to close the door when I heard Colin say, "Mom....". I reopened the door and replied, "Yes, Colin?" He paused for a long while and then said, "Elephants love peanuts." I couldn't help but laugh. He's made it to that stage in his life and I (we) SO appreciate it.
Every now and then Ron and I laugh at how some kids have random thoughts they share with you regardless of their relevancy. Sometimes Ron will say out of the blue, "My neighbor has a dog named Mud!" and it always makes me laugh because I know exactly what he's talking about. Blake doesn't quite talk clearly enough to have these moments, and Colin hasn't been talking for very long so he hasn't had many either. But TONIGHT was his night!
I was putting the boys to bed (Blake for the second time) in their bunk beds, and Colin was quietly snuggling with his bears. Blake was not-so-quietly complaining about bed time. After I sternly told him to stay in bed I walked away to close the door when I heard Colin say, "Mom....". I reopened the door and replied, "Yes, Colin?" He paused for a long while and then said, "Elephants love peanuts." I couldn't help but laugh. He's made it to that stage in his life and I (we) SO appreciate it.
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