Monday, January 5, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR



THANK GOODNESS SCHOOL STARTED TODAY!! WE ARE HOPING TO GET BACK IN A ROUTINE THIS WEEK AND GET SOMETHING DONE. WE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND WERE BLESSED TO SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH WONDERFUL FAMILY. WE STARTED OUT CHRISTMAS WITH A BIRTHDAY PARTY/CHRISTMAS FOR HALLE'S BDAY. SAGE GOT A NEW PINK CAMERA AND HAS TAKEN MANY PICTURES SINCE THEN. SHE THINKS IT IS AWESOME. SHE HAS BEEN SO FUN THIS CHRISTMAS EVERYTHING SHE GOT, SHE SAID, "I HAVE WANTED THIS MY WHOLE LIFE!" HAS RECEIVED SO MANY THINGS, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY SHE HAS PLAYED WITH OR WORE ALL OF THEM ALREADY.


THE KIDS WENT TO STAY WITH BUD AND ANNETTE FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT. THEY GOT TO SEE CLAY AND HIS NEW FRIEND KIM. LANCE AND I JOINED ON CHRISTMAS EVE. SAGE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT A NEW DRESS THAT REGINA GOT HER FOR CHRISTMAS AND HAD TO PUT IT ON RIGHT AWAY. A FEW DAYS LATER I TOLD HER TO FIND SOMETHING CUTE TO WEAR, AND SHE SAID "OH I WANT THE DRESS UNCLE STEVE GOT ME!" I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT CREDIT FOR THAT ONE! WE WOKE UP CHRISTMAS MORNING AND SANTA HAD BROUGHT GUS A NEW SADDLE. HE WAS SO EXCITED. HE HAS ALREADY RIDDEN IT AND HAS SORES ON HIS KNEES TO PROVE IT!


CHRISTMAS MORNING WE DROVE TO IRA TO GRANNY AND GRANDADDY'S WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME THERE GETTING TO SEE OUR NEW COUSIN REBEKAH! GUS TRIED TO PULL A HOLLY AND CUT HIS HEAD OPEN ON THE FIRE PLACE. IT BLED AND BLED, BUT NURSE MOM THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY WITH PRESSURE AND A BANDAID. HE WAS BACK PLAYING IN NO TIME!

FROM THERE WE WENT TO RUIDOSO. AS WE ARRIVED IT STARTED SNOWING. THERE WAS ENOUGH SNOW THE NEXT MORNING FOR THE KIDS TO MAKE SNOW GOLFERS! THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING IN THE SNOW. SCHOOL STARTED BACK TODAY, AND GUS WAS EXCITED TO GO. SAGE AND I WENT TO TOM'S (PART STORE) WITH LANCE, AND SAGE HAD FUN TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT HER CHRISTMAS.

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