I lose!

I am officially the worst blogger known to man! The funny thing is that I will log on and check to see if anything has changed on the blogs that I read!!! I promise to get better!!!

Newsworthy events...last week my dad was in the hospital for terrible back pain. So, needless to say that kept us busy at home and being at the hospital a fair amount. He is home now and back to work. He is doing physical therapy three times a week, combined with some good pain killers.

Our house is decorated, both inside and out. We skimped this year on the outside lights...we only did the bushes because the day that we did it the weather was terribly cold and we still had to work outside and get 10 (yes 10) lawn bags filled with leaves from 1 (yes 1) tree. The inside is done for the most part, but yet again, we skimped. We went to English Gardens to get a tree rather than cutting one down on our own and we did not put up the fake tree in the basement. Oh well, better luck next year...At least then Jamie will be in his last semester of school and will be finally done!!! Well, back to this year...here is a picture of Rachel by the tree in her Christmas dress!

Now, that was the previous weeks update so on to this past weekend! I got a lot of Christmas shopping thanks to two trips to the malls with Jodi/Kristen and Lisa Merriam (yes, Lisa, I still say Merriam!). I only have a couple things left to get and I am all set. Well, other than waiting for Jamie's super special surprise gift. Can't say what it is, because he may peak at the blog! (Jamie - If you are reading this, I think that you will like it, despite the company's efforts to think that I will be exporting it...very strange!)