Snow Day

Due to the six inches of snow that fell last week, the kids and I had two unexpected days off work and school. They had a great time playing in all the snow, even Dixie got in on the action. Here's some pics...

What a Great Two Days!

It all started on Monday which was MLK Day so the boys and I all had the day off work/school. I decided we would participate in the King Day of Service and volunteered to package food for Kids Against Hunger. The boys and I had a great time, helping put the food packages together, our load in particular was going to Uganda, but the organization also sends bags to hungry children in the US. After volunteering for the two hour morning shift we headed for lunch at Red Robin and then went to see the movie Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler.

The next day I called in "sick" so I could watch the Inauguration which was fabulous! It was a long, and in my opinion disasterous, 8 years and our new President is inheriting too many challenges to count, but I am optimistic that we finally have a true leader we can be proud of.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I figured since I haven't blogged in 2009 yet, I needed to post something, so here are a few pics from X-Mas 2008. Alena got a little upset when I began taking the Christmas tree down, she said whimpering "Momma why are you taking the stuff off the tree?" I replied that Christmas was over and we had to put it away until next year. To which she said "I don't want Christmas to be over, I want Christmas to be on." I know she's not, but I'm very happy it's over and the house is back to normal again. Well at least as normal as it ever gets around here.