Day 10/365 Photo

January 10, 2010

Goodness, where does the time go? We had a very productive couple of months so life has not been dull to saw the least. Thanksgiving was really nice. My brother Randy, niece Samantha, and nephew Landon came in town for the whole week. The kids were so excited to see them. We did so much stuff including going to the zoo, rainforest cafe, dolly steamboat (canyon lake), ghosttown , desert botanical garden, etc. We got to do a lot of things in one week that we had not done with the kids since we lived here. It was also nice to have other family here for Thanksgiving for the first time since we moved here. I also started working seasonally at bath and body works which has been a lot of fun but really hard to leave the kids with a justified reason. I am now done with the seasonal work and will stay on with them to do floorsets once a month. December 8, Maw Maw Emily passed away and I flew into NOLA to help Paula with housework, errands, and go to the funeral. I miss the kids and Mike while I was away for 5 days but at the same time, I am glad I was able to be there to grieve and saw goodbye. I also got to spend some quality time with my Dad which I had not done in a while. We went to Academy and bought tons of LSU and Saints gear (Saints 14-3 right now and playing cardinals next weekend in playoffs), we also went out to lunch and then I went with him to help him buy a new suit. It rained so much the last night I was there that my dad's whole street flooded and I was not able to go meet my mom for dinner. Christmas was very relaxing this year, we just stayed home on Eve and Day and hung out, cooked, and let the kids enjoy their gifts. Alice is doing so well in Prek, Rose is in preschool doing well, and Anderson and Roman are boys :) We just registered Anderson for soccer to start in February and we plan to start the girls in dancing school again in July. My friend Terry was in a terrible car accident yesterday with her family. A drunk driver ran a red light, thank god they are okay. We are going to NOLA at the end of the month for Mike's 15 year highschool reunion. We can't believe it has been that long already. The kids are all excited to see everyone, it has been a year since they have been there. Other than that, I am so excited for the new year. I look forward to continually get the house organized as well as start to do a little sewing on my sewing machine. I got it right before I started working and haven't really used it yet.