December has been fairly eventful with all of the Christmas activities. On the morning of the 5th, we attended the Ward Christmas Party. They had a breakfast and some from the ward put on a skit of the 12 Days of Christmas. They were all things related to a ward. Reagan was one of the seven snot-nose sunbeams. They even had eight mothers milking. I thought it was pretty funny.
On my way to work on the 7th, I was rear ended by a big GMC truck while I was stopped at a light. The damage to the bumper wasn't too bad, but we did get a check for $492 from the insurance company to cover the costs of getting it fixed. We are just going to hold on to that money right now to help pad the checkbook for Christmas. I did have a sore neck and back for a few days, which wasn't much fun. The evening of the 11th, Keith, John, and I attended the Institute Choir and high school Christmas concert. It was fun! Taylor M. was quite entertaining.
On the 12th we attended a Christmas open house at the kids' daycare. Santa was there. John wouldn't sit on his lap, but did tell Santa that he wanted the Harry Potter 7 book. Reagan did sit on Santa's lap and told him that she wanted a princess dress. Keith handed Riley to Santa and Riley freaked out. I rescued him quickly though. :) I had to hold him for the picture with Santa. Riley wouldn't take his eyes off Santa though. He is very shy around strangers and stays very close to me until he feels more comfortable.
I had a work Christmas party on the 15th during lunch. We went bowling again. Let's just say that I either need to go bowling more than once a year or stick to Wii bowling. That night we met Keith's parents for dinner and went to Temple Square. We had a nice time and the weather was great (we didn't freeze to death). I had a company-wide Christmas party on the 18th during lunch. I sang in the choir again. We had a pretty good size group this year. I enjoyed it a lot.
The afternoon of the 19th Keith, John and I attended a concert at the university. It was really good. However, during the concert I realized that John had a fever and wasn't feeling very well. So afterwards we took him to the Dr. He had an ear infection. He is still very prone to them. One of my coworkers gave me some sugar cookie mix for Christmas, so on the 20th the kids and I made Christmas cookies in the shape of a Christmas tree, a gingerbread man, a flower and a teddy bear. We decorated them with white frosting and sprinkles. They were really good! I was quite relieved for the 21st to arrive so it would start getting lighter each day. I had felt down for the last month and thought that some more sunlight would help. Actually the 21st turned out to be a pretty good day! I am feeling better now.
We had a nice Christmas. Christmas Eve we attended a party at Keith's parents with two of Keith's siblings and their families. John finally coaxed us out of bed at about 7:30 Christmas morning. We opened up almost all of the gifts before Reagan and Riley got up. We woke them up at 8:30, since we were expecting Keith's parents and aunt at 9:00 for breakfast. Reagan said that she didn't want presents and wanted to stay in bed all day. She is a lot like me. I don't like getting up in the morning either. It always takes her a little while to get out of bed. Once she finally got her presents she was very happy to have them. John got legos, bionicles, bakugans, a Hot Wheels race track and the Harry Potter 7 book. Reagan got a pink stick unicorn, a pink My Little Pony, a set of 12 princess story books and a Tinker Bell outfit. She wears it as much as possible and even slept in it last night. Riley got a toy vacuum and a toy flip phone. He loves his vacuum and is very good at vacuuming. We just wish it really worked!
On the 26th we drove to my parents house. My nephew got married on the 5th, but hardly any of my family was able to attend, so we had a get together for them at my parent's house the evening of the 26th. One of Riley's favorite things to do is play on the stairs. I don't trust him yet to be on them by himself so he takes a lot of monitoring. While at my parent's house, he was standing on the landing at the bottom of the stairs which then steps down to a rock floor. He started falling backwards towards the rock floor. I ran to him, but when my foot touched the rock floor it slid forward sending me into the splits. I was able to break Riley's fall, but my ankle hit the edge of the rock floor. It hurt pretty bad! It has been pretty sore in a couple of places, but is getting better. I will be so glad when Riley is able to go up and down stairs on his own! We came back home on the 28th. We don't have any plans for New Years Eve. We will probably play some games and maybe watch a movie.
We all finished getting our flu vaccinations in December. Right now all the kids are getting over a cold, but other than that we are doing pretty well!
On my way to work on the 7th, I was rear ended by a big GMC truck while I was stopped at a light. The damage to the bumper wasn't too bad, but we did get a check for $492 from the insurance company to cover the costs of getting it fixed. We are just going to hold on to that money right now to help pad the checkbook for Christmas. I did have a sore neck and back for a few days, which wasn't much fun. The evening of the 11th, Keith, John, and I attended the Institute Choir and high school Christmas concert. It was fun! Taylor M. was quite entertaining.
On the 12th we attended a Christmas open house at the kids' daycare. Santa was there. John wouldn't sit on his lap, but did tell Santa that he wanted the Harry Potter 7 book. Reagan did sit on Santa's lap and told him that she wanted a princess dress. Keith handed Riley to Santa and Riley freaked out. I rescued him quickly though. :) I had to hold him for the picture with Santa. Riley wouldn't take his eyes off Santa though. He is very shy around strangers and stays very close to me until he feels more comfortable.
I had a work Christmas party on the 15th during lunch. We went bowling again. Let's just say that I either need to go bowling more than once a year or stick to Wii bowling. That night we met Keith's parents for dinner and went to Temple Square. We had a nice time and the weather was great (we didn't freeze to death). I had a company-wide Christmas party on the 18th during lunch. I sang in the choir again. We had a pretty good size group this year. I enjoyed it a lot.
The afternoon of the 19th Keith, John and I attended a concert at the university. It was really good. However, during the concert I realized that John had a fever and wasn't feeling very well. So afterwards we took him to the Dr. He had an ear infection. He is still very prone to them. One of my coworkers gave me some sugar cookie mix for Christmas, so on the 20th the kids and I made Christmas cookies in the shape of a Christmas tree, a gingerbread man, a flower and a teddy bear. We decorated them with white frosting and sprinkles. They were really good! I was quite relieved for the 21st to arrive so it would start getting lighter each day. I had felt down for the last month and thought that some more sunlight would help. Actually the 21st turned out to be a pretty good day! I am feeling better now.
We had a nice Christmas. Christmas Eve we attended a party at Keith's parents with two of Keith's siblings and their families. John finally coaxed us out of bed at about 7:30 Christmas morning. We opened up almost all of the gifts before Reagan and Riley got up. We woke them up at 8:30, since we were expecting Keith's parents and aunt at 9:00 for breakfast. Reagan said that she didn't want presents and wanted to stay in bed all day. She is a lot like me. I don't like getting up in the morning either. It always takes her a little while to get out of bed. Once she finally got her presents she was very happy to have them. John got legos, bionicles, bakugans, a Hot Wheels race track and the Harry Potter 7 book. Reagan got a pink stick unicorn, a pink My Little Pony, a set of 12 princess story books and a Tinker Bell outfit. She wears it as much as possible and even slept in it last night. Riley got a toy vacuum and a toy flip phone. He loves his vacuum and is very good at vacuuming. We just wish it really worked!
On the 26th we drove to my parents house. My nephew got married on the 5th, but hardly any of my family was able to attend, so we had a get together for them at my parent's house the evening of the 26th. One of Riley's favorite things to do is play on the stairs. I don't trust him yet to be on them by himself so he takes a lot of monitoring. While at my parent's house, he was standing on the landing at the bottom of the stairs which then steps down to a rock floor. He started falling backwards towards the rock floor. I ran to him, but when my foot touched the rock floor it slid forward sending me into the splits. I was able to break Riley's fall, but my ankle hit the edge of the rock floor. It hurt pretty bad! It has been pretty sore in a couple of places, but is getting better. I will be so glad when Riley is able to go up and down stairs on his own! We came back home on the 28th. We don't have any plans for New Years Eve. We will probably play some games and maybe watch a movie.
We all finished getting our flu vaccinations in December. Right now all the kids are getting over a cold, but other than that we are doing pretty well!
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