It's one of my favorite times of the year!
Yesterday I was home with the kids, and we had such a fun day together. While Clarence was off at preschool for the morning, Adina and I made a couple different kinds of cookies. They were new recipes I'd found in Taste of Home. One I like - it's got crushed candy canes in the cookie and is topped with a chocolate or candycane kiss; the other is ok...not my favorite, that's for sure. It's got cream cheese in it, with chopped Andes mints. Matt likes them, so I guess they're ok. He'd tell me if they were gross.
After Clarence came home, he went out with Matt to feed cows. He loves it and thrives on being able to help. While they were outside, I layed Adina down for her nap and was able to clean the house up pretty well. Yay! It always makes me feel good to find the floor again. :)
Bob and Carmen called in the afternoon and said they were coming over to visit. So I got supper in the oven, then the kids and I decorated the Christmas tree. We'd gone to "Grandpa Lowell's Ranch" tree grove to cut our tree a couple nights ago, but just hadn't had a chance to do it yet. After we got the lights on and before I'd even started with the ornaments, Clarence had gone around the downstairs and shut off all the lights. He loves having just the Christmas tree lights on - just like me!
Bob and Carmen brought Adina a present - a new Christmas dress...it's absolutely adorable! They stayed for supper and we all had a nice visit together...Grandpa Bob even got a little crazy with Clarence and Adina and started chasing them around the house with Clarence's new little dart gun. The kids loved the game.
This weekend (tomorrow), we're going to my aunt and uncle's, Loren and Jana, house for our Younggren Christmas. I'm really excited to start celebrating and enjoy the season. We always have a $20 gift exchange and it's always interesting to see what everyone decides to bring for it. I'm still trying to think of something good....I need to do a little searching and thinking today.
We've had another busy month up until now - we were all sick around the week of/after Thanskgiving with the flu and head colds, so we're just getting over our stuffy noses now. The kids and Matt had flu shots, as well, so we're all trying to prevent getting sick with our new baby coming. The doctor cornered me last week when I had a checkup and wouldn't let me leave until she'd given me a flu and whooping cough shot (DTaP). I guess it's all for the good of me and the baby, but I really didn't want to have a shot. Oh well.
I've been subbing quite a bit, as well as my piano lessons. I've also been doing a bunch of sewing projects for Christmas presents. I can't wait to show everyone what I've made and finally finish them!
We spent Thanskgiving at Mom's house, then the next day, we went to Roseau and had brunch with Matt's grandma Jeanette and family. We had fun visiting with everyone.
We've also been busy with the cows - the calves have been weaned, the steers and heifers are separated, they've been vaccinated, the cows have been vaccinated and preg-checked, and the bulls have been pulled (off the main herd and put with fall-calving cows). We've made a lot of progress as far as that goes...
As far as the house goes....
Matt's been working like crazy. He's got sheetrock up in almost all the rooms in the addition. The entry is ready for wainscoating on the bottom half of the wall, as well as wood on the ceiling. The bedroom is ready for wood on the ceiling and floors...He's working on the office now and the laundry room. I'm getting so anxious, but trying to stay patient. It's such a hard job! :)
Sorry for the total randomness of this blog post; I'm just writing about things as I think of them. For a closing, I'll share some pictures from Thanksgiving. Actually, they'll be the next post. Now that I know how easy it is to share pics from shutterfly, I'll be doing that more often.
Enjoy your Holidays!
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