January 10, 2010
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New years commitment- more blogging.
This activity gives me great satisfaction, not only while I am doing it, but even months or years later when I re-read what I wrote.
The summer in summary:
We had an unusually hot summer. We did not have air conditioning at the house. The children & Dwayne suffered at home while I went to work. I questioned who was actually suffering. J We got a slip & slide. This was great fun for Georgie until she developed a gigantic bruise on her hip. Then she did not want to fling herself down any more. We had a camping trip with Doug’s kids, many good times had there. I made up some shadow boxes & gave them to the kids for Christmas. They loved it. We taught all the ladies at the lake by Doug’s house how to sit in a lawn chair partially submerged in water, Red Point old lady style. The kids swam. We all hiked. My sister in law, her husband and her new son came for a visit and my mother in law came for a quick visit as well, then completely unexpectedly, Dwayne’s Uncle Daniel & Aunt Linda came with their son. It was like a family reunion! During this time, I had off from work, a whole month off! It was fabulous, except for the major surgery part that got me the time off from work. It sure was nice to have a month off during the summer. I couldn’t do much but sit around, but I sat in some really great places.
Holiday season in summary:
We had a warm winter so far, no snow. Even though Dwayne went & bought the kids full snow playing gear. No snow, we are planning to drive up to the mountains before it melts from there. We baked cookies, snickerdoodles, pressed spritz – camels, trees & yellow flowers, sugar cookies, ginger bread, buck eyes, butter mints. Santa brought the kids a train set & a Barbie house and I got the kids a dog, named Santa’s little helper. We decorated the house and the tree, we made a ginger bread house and wrapped presents. We forgot to give Georgia’s teacher her gift, so we are saving it for the last day of school instead. I kind of forgot all about gifting to Georgia’s friends. I felt bad when she told me that the little girl she rides the bus with, Crystal, had given her a present. I won’t make that mistake again. This is new, you know. We paid off some bills, prepaid our rent for a few months and invested some cash into the stock market. Thanks to the generous stock that I had available to sell, at a price I haven’t seen since, 1999. WOO HOO Thank you Amazon.com!
Stories from the kids:
3 days after Christmas, Dwayne is lying in bed, I am at work. He can hear the kids stirring in the next room, slowly waking up, he hears this.
Dylan: Georgia! Wake up!
Georgia: No, go away.
Dylan: Georgia! Wake up!
Georgia: No, I want to sleep, go away
Dylan: Georgia! Wake up!
Georgia: No, git! I want to sleep!
Hears foot steps in the hallway…
Dylan: Georgia! Wake up! There are no presents under the tree.
Georgia: That’s because it is not Christmas! GO AWAY!
Dylan: Georgia! Wake up! Come & Play with me.
Georgia: No, will you please go away
Dylan: Georgia! Come on….
Georgia: Will you quit your bitching & whining and go back to sleep. I am going back to sleep.,go away.
Enjoy these pictures:
I cropped Georgia’s School Photo
Dylan & Georgia baking cookies for her class snack.
This incredible flower sprouted from a otherwise ugly root. Thanks Mom!
Turkey’s that Dwayne fried for Amazon thanksgiving lunch
Georgia’s Birthday cake – It was a bee hive.
Ginger bread house
Awww, they love each other…
My favorite place in the world is piled up with the kids and the dogs.
Christmas cookies – YUM!
Dylan’s creativity while playing playdoh
What Santa brought
The view when Dwayne & Doug went shooting
Our new dog Perry sleeping with Georgia
Still sucking on those fingers…ug
Comments (1)
I couldn’t be happier than I am right now looking at all the new pictures! Wow! I am happy that you want to blog more, I have certainly missed you, Monica!!! I have one question to ask…is it you or Dwayne that says, “Quit your bitching and whining…..?” I am sure that she didn’t hear that at school!
I bet Dwayne couldn’t stop laughing when he heard the end of that conversation.
Perry is a great name for your new dog! I talked to Dwayne tonight and he told me that the pecking order has been established between the three dogs. I am glad that Taco has given Perry the news that she is the one in charge! Ha! Perry will help Savannah feel younger and help Taco lose some weight from chasing her around!
The kids have grown, look older. Georgia looks like she is very happy, Dylan also- showing off his muscles that he got from his dad! Dylan got his bangs trimmed. I like it. Danielle cut Kenna hair to the top of her shoulders. Looks good. I have to take pics of her.
I want to encourage you and Dwayne to check out my website. When no one is looking, well you know how it makes you feel. Only Grandma Jane is faithful- cuz they ARE her grandchildren too!
All my love! Later!