Baby, it's cold outside

It is so windy today. Brrrr. It makes me feel so thankful for having a home to live in. Praise God. I'm glad it is Friday. We are going to go see Night at the Museum tonight with our friends the Wilsons. I'm looking forward to it. I'm still trying hard to get Matthew caught up with all his tests and quizs. I sure wish he would stay on target everyday this catch up business is no fun. The whole family is nuts about pistachios

Get on the ball

It should be an excercise ball but for now it's just changing my blog template and making by first post of 2007. We had a great time ringing in the new year. Yes, we are that family that runs out into the front yard and bangs on pots and pans with wooden spoons. It's so fun to have a good laugh in those first new moments of the year. My mil told me that her mil had a tradition of banging on pots and pans. My kids think the adults are aweful silly. We spent the night at my inlaws on New Year's Eve. Since we had to postpone our Christmas get together we celebrated Christmas with them too. Dan's brother and neice Ashely weren't able to make it and they were missed. Dan's sister made us go on a hunt to find our gift. We knew it would be very large because they asked us to bring two cars. Our hunt ended in the garage when Dan uncovered an outdoor patio heater. The guy that sold it to her was a groomsman in our wedding that we haven't seen in over 10 years. We are excited to fill the tank and have a nice evening on our patio. Ariel brought her boyfriend and he participated in our annual tradition of the white elephant gaem. Adults and kids alike all look forward to playing this game. There were only a few steals this year. I stole a cute decorative box from Matt and Rick stole a tool set from Dan. The silliest gift was the strange motion sensored dog we brought. It is in a digging position and barks kicks it legs and then lets out a fart. I was more than happy for this gift to find a new home. LOL. The next day Lena made some black eyed peas and a big pot of beans using leftover ham and the ham bone. Quite yummy.

We started up school again. Wow, do we have a lot of catching up to do. It feels good to be back in a normal routine again. I need to finish this up. I made a goal to start going to our midweek service again. I had better start getting ready.