How exciting to wake up to a couple of inches of snow on Christmas morning! This is only the 14th time in the 112 years since they've been recording the weather here in the Denver area that it has snowed on Christmas Eve! Light and fluffy...so pretty!
Sara, Zach, and Sophia came up on Monday afternoon to spend two nights with us. We went to the early Christmas Eve service for the children at the United Methodist Church and that was definitely the right service for Sophia. She wasn't quite ready to sit down and enjoyed walking around just outside the sanctuary. She came back in and enjoyed the singing of "Silent Night" and the lighting of the candles.
Sophia enjoyed opening her presents on Christmas morning, but I think next year she'll be old enough to understand it more and it will be more exciting to her. We had a nice Christmas dinner with everyone including Zach's Mom, Ellen later that evening. (His Dad wasn't able to make it since had to work.)
We came up with new sleeping arrangements for Sophia since she had outgrown the travel crib; we set up a futon for her to sleep on. She did really well the first night despite waking up at about 5:30 a.m. Christmas night was another story! Since she'd gotten up earlier than normal that morning, she really should have had her nap during the day. But, with all the excitement and everyone around, she was having no part of a nap that day! She went to bed about 7 p.m. and we all thought she'd be sleeping in until at least 7 a.m. Wrong, try 1 a.m.! Poor Sara walked her around for two hours and she wouldn't go back to sleep! Both she and Zach had enough, so Zach drove her home at about 3:30 a.m.! (I know for sure that when we babysit her in February for a few days, we'll be doing so at her house so she's used to her bed! ) :)
It was a very nice Christmas...but what would have made it even better is to have had Holly, Erich, Zoe and Ezra out here, too! We really do miss them!!! We are certainly looking forward to our visit with them in a couple of months!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Where Have I Been?
Time has definitely gotten away from me these past few months! Ever since Mark and I finished up our hikes for the year, band rehearsals have started up again, along with our music lessons, almost daily trumpet (Mark) and drum (me) practices, band camp planning, daily exercise workouts, and lots of social activities with our friends. This has left us with little "free" time, but I'm not complaining! I love everything I'm doing! One thing is for sure...I'm never bored...life stays quite interesting!
We managed to fit in a trip to the East Coast to visit with Mom and Gene (PA), Julie, Alex, and Zachary (NJ), and Larry, Stephanie, Lucas, and Samantha (DE) during Thanksgiving. We just missed seeing Ray as the only place he could find "union" work was in Florida! After 7 1/2 weeks working down there, the "travellers" were laid off...again!
We are so glad we took the trip back East because it was so good seeing everyone again! Gene celebrated his 87th birthday while we were there. He's had a lot of health issues over the past year, so this was pretty special that we got to be there for his birthday get-together!
I'm also happy that we were able to fix (renovate) Mom and Gene's bathroom while we were out there. It was a disaster for over a year, but not anymore. Mark did a fantastic job and worked quite hard! It really looks nice now! It took a little pushing to get Mom moving on it, but we managed to get it done in a week.
Christmas is just 5 days away and we are really looking forward to having Sara, Zach, and Sophia stay with us a couple of nights. We are bummed, though, that Holly, Erich, Zoe and Ezra aren't able to join us, too for the holiday this year. :(
Mark and I are having West Coast grandchildren withdrawals so we've planned a trip to visit them in California the latter part of February. We'll be there to celebrate Ezra's 5th birthday with him!!! We plan to see Tommy and Mona in Merced for a couple of days, too. And, we also hope to take in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on our way back to Colorado.
Despite all the things planned on the horizon, I will try to be more timely with my blog entries...promise! ;)
We managed to fit in a trip to the East Coast to visit with Mom and Gene (PA), Julie, Alex, and Zachary (NJ), and Larry, Stephanie, Lucas, and Samantha (DE) during Thanksgiving. We just missed seeing Ray as the only place he could find "union" work was in Florida! After 7 1/2 weeks working down there, the "travellers" were laid off...again!
We are so glad we took the trip back East because it was so good seeing everyone again! Gene celebrated his 87th birthday while we were there. He's had a lot of health issues over the past year, so this was pretty special that we got to be there for his birthday get-together!
I'm also happy that we were able to fix (renovate) Mom and Gene's bathroom while we were out there. It was a disaster for over a year, but not anymore. Mark did a fantastic job and worked quite hard! It really looks nice now! It took a little pushing to get Mom moving on it, but we managed to get it done in a week.
Christmas is just 5 days away and we are really looking forward to having Sara, Zach, and Sophia stay with us a couple of nights. We are bummed, though, that Holly, Erich, Zoe and Ezra aren't able to join us, too for the holiday this year. :(
Mark and I are having West Coast grandchildren withdrawals so we've planned a trip to visit them in California the latter part of February. We'll be there to celebrate Ezra's 5th birthday with him!!! We plan to see Tommy and Mona in Merced for a couple of days, too. And, we also hope to take in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on our way back to Colorado.
Despite all the things planned on the horizon, I will try to be more timely with my blog entries...promise! ;)
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