The Black Hole of Time

I honestly do not know where time goes. It is as a big a mystery as those missing socks from the dryer.

Oh well, it is not for me to understand fully, this side of heaven. But time has surely slipped away from me so far this year. I haven't blogged in 5 months and due to that fact, I am sure no one is even going to be reading this. Regardless, I am back.

To make it simple, here is a list of highlights from the past 5 months:

1. Had some cosmetic surgery on a certain two parts of my body that are much happier being smaller.
2. Celebrated Jonah's 4th birthday, at Chucke Cheese, Where a Kid can be a Kid!
3. Celebrated Seth's 13th birthday with a basement full of other rowdy teenage boys, 3 of whom then spent the night in said basement. (Wow! I am the mom of a teen! UNbelievable!)
4. During the past few months we have enjoyed 6 snow days from school. Yep, I have the photos to prove it.
5. Celebrated Randy's 42nd birthday at Dave and Busters in March.
6. Signed up to be a part of a short term mission team to Peru in June. God help!
7. Loved Easter and all the reminders of hope and assurance we have of eternal life.
8. Spent time with the youth group, even having a girls overnight here at my house.
9. Went to Washington DC with the 8th grade class. A blast!
10. Got my hair cut quite a bit shorter and joined weight watchers. Also am using the Y membership regularly.

Happy Holidays to you!

I hope everyone had a great holiday season! They go so fast, don't they? All that lead up and then, BOOM! it is over.
We had an eventful holiday healthwise, with Carol needing an emergency pacemaker on Christmas Eve night. But even with that, I think we all, Carol included, found time to enjoy each other. We never go anywhere on Christmas Day. It is a great tradition to have. Mallory and I always get matching pjs on Christmas Eve, another tradition, and we stay in them all day on Christmas. The kids all enjoyed their gifts and family time on that day. They also enjoyed hearing the Christmas read, as their dad does every year.
New Year's Eve was great! We had a party in our almost finished basement. We had a ton of friends and lots of kids everywhere. Just the way I like it....the more the merrier! Oh and the food was yummy!
My favorite gift to receive this year was a family YMCA membership. Seth and I have been going right after school every day. We do the track and then he plays ball while I use the wellness center. The Y has a fun atmosphere!
My favorite gift to give was Seth's new cell phone. He loves it! About 6 months ago he started caampaigning for it. He even wrote an essay, made copies and posted them all around the house for his dad to see and be convinced. In the end we decided to get him an ice blue Chocolate and so far he has been very responsible.
I hope that your 2008
is truly great!