Well, November was awesome! We had my mom visit in the middle of the month! We had SO much fun having her just to ourselves. She is such a fun grandma who always has fun little crafts and projects to do with the girls (pictures could someday be posted to show the fun that was had) Then some good friends of ours came for Thanksgiving and had a blast catching up with them. Then December came and it was a nice a slow paced holiday season for us. My sister, who has five girls too, came with her husband and girls for 20 days! We had the best time ever! Jonathan took off work most of the time while they were here , which is not a normal thing, but totally worth it. It was REALLY hard for all of us to go back to normal life in January.
While they were here, we did some fun things, like taking 8 of the 10 kids on a hike to South Mountain (pictures some day could be posted) Some of them went orange picking. Lots of walks to the park. Made LOTS of yummy food! Can you believe we only went out to eat once (I think??Pam correct me if I'm wrong) I thought we did an awesome job cooking for 14 minus two babies people for that many days. We realized that life was A LOT easier with two woman in a household than just one:-)
CHRISTMAS HIGHLIGHTS:
Oh my goodness, Christmas........I'm getting teary eyed just thinking about it......Well as most of you know my wonderful husband got a 20% pay decrease in November. Yes it was a HUGE blow to his ego, but we knew we could survive. Anyway, to make a long story short, Christmas was gonna be small, which was totally fine. The girls knew that and they were fine with it. (Even though deep down I'm sure they were sad)
Anyway, the week of Christmas was here and our family received a package from the North Pole. We don't know who sent it to us, but it was SO incredibly generous and thoughtful! There was a letter in the box to our family, which made me bawl like a little baby. It was so NICE and uplifting. It was from Santa telling each of us individually how wonderful we are. (I felt so undeserving of it personally) Anyway, then on Christmas Day, the kids were so excited to open it......I have this on video, but it's too long (any suggestions would be nice on how to download it on here)
It was the wii...HOLY COW, the wii!!!!! I could not believe it! WHO EVER YOU ARE...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! You should of seen the look on everyones face. It was priceless and just such a great moment that I will cherish forever! My husband had been looking for one on craigs list for several months prior, but I would always tell him no, that that was something that could wait, because it was not a need.
I am truly blessed to have such wonderful people surrounding me in my life. My husband and children are such an inspiration to me and seriously make me want to be better wife and mom! The friends I have are so dear to my heart, you have NO idea! I know who ever did this for our family had to have sacrificed to have done this. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts:-)))
For New Years, we had one of our neighbors over for some games and goodies! We had a blast getting to know them more and letting the kids play super late. Man as I am writing this, I am frustrated that there are no pictures, so I will try today to get my husband to download them all for me. So check back tomorrow to see if I got to add them:-)
The whole month of January was a huge blur. I'm still babysitting the twins in the afternoons several days a week and I started selling bread and granola to anyone who wants to buy it. I have several regulars so far and am grateful for the extra money. I also started to run again, with some pretty awesome ladies. Although this morning I didn't wake up (Yikes, I'm so embarrassed, being that they all met at my house:-( ) I set my alarm for the PM not the AM, didn't realize it until 6:30 when I woke up to the baby crying. I hate missing, it makes my day sluggish. Oh well, I have tomorrow! Hope everyone has a Fabulous week!!!
