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And I can't believe my Christmas Cards are STILL not mailed out!!! Stupid Snapfish. . .Grrrrr. I'm so bummed - I'm usually so on the ball with stuff like that. I was actually shocked that the pix had not arrived yesterday - they would have officially been one day late then - now they are just LATE!~ I ordered them on the 10th, and they were shipped out on the 16th. The whole thing surprises me because I've used Snapfish a lot, and they are usually super speedy - I guess they just have a ton ...

So, after we had opened gifts with mom we decided to start getting things packed up to head to Wisconsin. Mom offered to stay and watch the twins while we got everything packed up. I hate packing, especially when I am rushed (which I was last night), I kept thinking that I was going to forget something. After about a 1/2 hour I was finally getting close to getting everything packed up. Mom had given the kids a snack and was upstairs with them. I was downstairs getting some final things together ...

I was enjoying reading the replies on the 'age of sex for your children' thread. It's always interesting to hear others' opinions on sticky parenting topics. Makes you think (or sometimes, rethink.)

I see it's no longer there. Not surprised, it was beginning to go south.

But I had an interesting discussion with my best friend S last night...I told her about the topic. (S is very Catholic, meaning, she and her parents still go to church every Sunday, Holy Days of Obligation, ...

Mom ended up coming over yesterday by herself, grandma and Ross didn't want to drive in the snow (we got some pretty bad weather and snow yesterday). Mom wasn't sure if she was going to come or not but she decided to, which I'm glad she did. She ended up going into the ditch on her way here, but luckily some guys she knew drove by and helped her out, but she ended up getting here a little later than she wanted to. When she got here the twins were napping so she and I went out and got some lunch ...

Yesterday while we were waiting for our guests to arrive I heard a knock at the door, assuming it was them I ran upstairs to answer the door and it was C & M! We were all very surprised to see them. They hadn't seen the twins since this summer. I had just put them down for naps but I knew that they weren't sleeping so I got them both out of bed. They were very friendly with them, Lily even sat on M's lap for a bit (he loved that). They brought presents for them (they have always been very, ...

I forgot how good these are! Just whipped up a batch...eating them reminds me of Christmases many moons ago, when I was really little.

Crispy bits of fried dough, golden brown, drowned in honey!
OH YUM!

Rainy, dreary day, two days before Christmas. Thank goodness I don't need to go to the mall today. Yikes.
We took the kids out to get food really quickly and then came right back. We dragged all of Joe's Thomas stuff out of the closet and he and Campbell haven't really left it for a few hours. He's mesmerized. Since he and Charlotte both have coughs, I nebulized them both at "trackside" and he was too busy watching the trains to protest like he normally would. Wish I'd figured ...

I just talked to my SIL. I asked if our package had arrived safely (and I really just assumed it had.)

She said "no, not yet."

WHAT! I mailed it out Priority on Tuesday morning. Why the heck isn't it there?

I did pay for Delivery Conf. and have tried to track it. The only thing it says is that the package was received by the USPS in my hometown on Tuesday. Well, geez...I KNOW that!

I pray it is in the air and arrives in Juneau ...

WOW! I never imagined Jared would lose his tooth the day before Christmas Eve! He is so excited that the tooth fell out (it happened while biting into a CANDY CANE, of all things!)

An exciting couple of days at our house!

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! Thank you all for your support throughout this journey. I dont know what I would do with out you