December, 2010

Hello, Blogging Friends! The new year has come...the old year has gone...and it seems like it was quick! I haven't been blogging for a while, but I appreciate your sweet comments when I do post something!

Our Decembers are always busy~but whose isn't?  :)

Here's a quick re-cap of some of our events:

7th~Ladies Bible Study
10th~Hubbie's birthday
11th~"R" had a Sunday School party
12th~Christmas program for our Bus Ministry in the morning service
12th~Christmas Cantata in the evening service
14th~Christmas Caroling with our school group, then a quick overnight trip since Hubbie was taking a class, and a 10th birthday celebration at a delicious BBQ restaurant
15th~"R" turned 10! On our way home, we stopped for some shopping and eating, and after church, we had 1/2 price appetizers at Applebee's~yummy!
16th~snow  :)
18th~Cookie Day at Grandma and Grandpa's house (and we were thankful for all-wheel drive!)
21st~birthday breakfast for Grandpa and Poppy
21st~our 14th anniversary and a trip to The Cheesecake Factory!
24th~Christmas Eve brunch at Grandma and Grandpa's house (with all the kids and grandkids)
24th~Christmas Eve service at church
25th~Christmas Day dinner at Nanny and Poppy's house
26th~"D" turned 6!
26th~combined birthday party for "R" and "D" with some sweet friends; then the kids slept over til after dinner on the 27th
28th~trip to Granny's house
30th~came back home
31st~attended a beautiful wedding at our church, then rang in the New Year with my family by eating at Silver Diner (and saved over $30 with birthday coupons) and driving around looking at Christmas lights

Whew! While we were busy, we made a real effort this year to get all the shopping, wrapping, and baking done early so that we wouldn't be stressed...I think we were onto something! :)

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog...I hope each of you has a very safe, healthy, and blessed 2011!