New Years Eve

Rebecca, Dave, Drew, and Gabi came over for New Years Eve. We ate lots of good food and had fun laughing and playing games with them. The kids all had fun playing various games together, too. Gabi and Maelle even put on a little play for us about Ludwig von Beethoven. It was a very fun evening catching up and ringing in the new year with great friends! Happy 2018, everyone!

Plowing

Chris plowed all day today. When he got home Clive had taken the kids to get pizza and see the new Star Wars movie. Chris asked me if I wanted to run to the store with him to get some salads. He asked if I also wanted to sit in the truck with him while he plowed our driveway and Our neighbor’s across the street. I said yes, given how little time we’ve spent together over this break. While we were plowing his plow was having issues. He got out to try to fix it, to no avail. We came back to change cars and then went to get our salads. 

Wii Sports

It’s been a while since we played Wii as a family. Our old Wii remotes died a while ago and we just got some new ones for Christmas. We love Wii Sports. We started out playing frisbee. Then we did cycling, basketball and archery. We will definitely be playing again soon. 

Moving Day

The kids and I drove to Highland, and then to White Lake to help Mark and Cheryl move into their new house. Did I mention that the temperature was below zero for most of the day? Last time they moved there were several inches of snow. At least there wasn’t any new snow today. I mainly helped pack up and unpack kitchen stuff. I carried a few things out or in (depending on where we were at the time.) The kids were a little bit helpful. Mostly they were all running around entertaining each other. I’m happy for Mark and Cheryl. They will be so much closer to school and work. It is also a really nice house, and I’m anxious to see it when it’s all put together. 

Chillin

It was a nice day. I did some laundry and cleaned my room a bit. Chris and I went and bought a chest freezer to hold all of the pork we’ll soon get back from the butcher. We had leftover turkey for supper and then hung out in the kitchen with Clive and Gloria. I’d say today was the perfect mix of productivity and vacay chillin. 

Cousins Christmas

Justin, Lindsay and Nathan came over today to celebrate Christmas with Clive, Gloria, and us. We opened presents and the kids did lots of playing. We booked a delicious turkey with mashed potatoes and stuffing. We played Euchre and Trivial Pursuit. It was great to spend time together! 

White Christmas

Many people dream of a white Christmas, and I can certainly understand why. It certainly made for a beautiful sight. Chris was called in to work early this morning. When the kids woke up they opened their stockings and then we ate cinnamon rolls. We all decided that we wanted to wait for Chris. So we watched A Christmas Story and Elf. We also watched the beginning of The Santa Clause. The kids were so patient as they waited. Finally Chris made it home and we opened presents. We spent the rest of the day hanging out together. It was one of the best Christmases we’ve had. It was so nice to have Clive and Gloria with us this year. Merry Christmas, everyone!