Okoboji Winter Bdays '09

Well, my family made the trek to Bridges Bay in Okoboji last weekend to celebrate our 4 December bdays! (Lucas, Eric, Dad, & Owen) It was a great time by all, and the water felt great. The boys ABSOLUTELY loved it even more this year...so much more fun as Alic is more independent and loves playing with his cousin Emily, and Eric now will go down the slide since his cousin Lucas did too. It is really something we all look forward to doing now every year.... thanks to Mom and her careful saving for it! :) We have a week and 2 days left of school until break. We will finish the semester before Xmas, so the craziness of the week has began. I move into my house a week from today!!! Well...I'll move a few things next Monday night before Eric's Xmas concert, then then next night, but then the majority Wednesday morning. We are all REALLY excited to get in!!!!! We won't quite be settled by xmas, but what a blessing it will be to have our HOME to go back to now!! I got a new table, washer and dryer, clock, paintings, rugs...and will have to live there a bit to see what else I may need!!! Visitors will be the next thing!!! One more quick day of christmas shopping for me and I will call it good. Haven't had too many goodies yet, so not feeling very guilty...it will come, I'm sure! We will hit Salazar's xmas eve, my family xmas morn, and Kelly's xmas night. YIKES!!!! I'm tired already! My xmas letters are going in the mail tomorrow... nothing exciting, just a quick update~have a great last week before xmas all!!!

Welcome baby girl!

Another busy week of school, concerts, ballgames, and shopping! Basketball season on Tuesdays and Fridays is in full swing. We got to enjoy the ms/hs winter concert this week too. It was so neat, because in the end they invite whomever wants to up to sing the halleluia chorus for the finale...neat! I ended up going christmas shopping Wednesday night and did a little of my own personal 'gift' I also ordered my kitchen table this week and finally found a washer and dryer yesterday! Things are coming right along. I will slowly move some things Dec 21/22 at night, then move it all the morning of the 23rd. Nothing like waiting til the last minute!!! Oh well, ust excited to get to go "home!" Most exciting news this week is that Kelly's sister, Katie, had her baby girl on Thursday night. Payton Marie is a little over 6lbs, 19 inches and is home now with mommy and daddy (in Tucson, AZ), and Kelly's folks just got there today to welcome her home too. Can't wait to meet her when they come home in February!! This week will be kept busy by getting a semester test schedule ready, some more xmas shopping, and getting bday presents for this next eekend as my family heads to Okoboji to the hotel/waterpark to celebrate the 4 December bdays we have, so that will be a great time and we can't wait! Have a super week all!!