I'm Back...

I guess you probably were wondering if I would ever update my blog again. It has been almost a month since my last update and a lot has gone on since then. So here is a recap...

Christmas weekend was a little different for us. Jason was sick with a viral cold that went into his eyes and he wasn't able to be a part of any of our services at church during the Christmas weekend. We had Brayden stay home with Daddy, so Sarah and I felt a little lonesome at church without our 2 guys.

With Christmas being on a Sunday and since we had church that morning we decided to celebrate our Christmas morning on Christmas Eve. In the midst of our opening presents Jason had a doctors appointment to check out his eyes, you can tell in his eyes below. We let the kids open their presents and then when Jason got home he and I opened ours. Both Sarah and Brayden got what they wished for. Sarah a Kindle and Brayden a Spiderman shooter.

Oh, by the way, baby Jesus did appear in his manager on Christmas Day in our Advent calendar. He was a bit different from the original but what he represented was the most important thing. Thanks to MeMe for supplying him. He was actually a porcelian little baby doll that my Grandmother had made.

Sunday afternoon, Christmas Day, we drove to Maryland (4 hours) to Jason's sister's home where we celebrated Christmas with the whole James family. We learned that night that John & Susie were pregnant and we would be having a new niece/nephew at the end of July. In October Kyle & Christy told us they were pregnant as well. Two new James babies this year. We can't wait to meet them.

We enjoyed an afternoon at the Gaylord Hotel in Washington, DC while were there. They have a Christmas show along with an ICE show. Sarah and I got to go ice skating while the other little cousins got to ride a train.

We headed home from Maryland on Wednesday and Brayden and I had both come down with Jason's cold. We were both put on antibiotics and a week later were feeling much better. In the meantime my laptop had stopped working, so it had to be taken to the shop and repaired. Ugh! Thankfully they could repair it and it came back practically brand new.

The next couple weeks were spent catching back up on things from Christmas, being sick and getting back into the routine of school and church activities.

Well, that is a short story of our Christmas and the first couple weeks in January. 

I promise to post again sooner than a month from now. Thanks for checking on me.