Catch-up!

~Here I sit trying to catch up on my blog and listen to one little boy read about spiders spinning webs. Oh how fun :-) Needless to say, I had to stop the typing to listen more carefully. Well, I am trying to think back over the last week and see what I missed passing on to you all...

~Last Monday, Ty had an appointment at the oral surgeons. He needs to have 4 teeth removed ( 1 is horizontal-2 are baby teeth-1 to provide symmetry). Today I scheduled that, and it will be January 5. What a way to start the new year!

~Tuesday, I had a dr. appointment and a chiro appointment. Then we headed out for some Christmas shopping. The children always pick what charity we will shop for, and this year it is for the Salvation Army. They all picked a name off the Christmas tree and off we went for shopping at JCP. They had a really good time. They all picked out their own outfits and accessories/toy.

~Wednesday was a quiet school day. Nothing too exciting, T & Ty had to work on the sound system at church for a cantata.

~Thursday & Friday were quiet school days. Then we went to visit my Grandma at the hospital. She is doing o.k., she has good days and bad, so please keep her in your prayers.

~Saturday we were off to a children's Christmas party that T's work has. The children have a good time eating, doing crafts and they can each tell "Santa" what it is they want for Christmas. Since we do not "believe" in Santa, they always tell him the most silly things they can think of. Luc told "Santa" he wanted a John Deere tractor (what a shock) with a bucket. Come to find out, when "Santa" is not using the reindeer, he has a couple of John Deere's himself :-) Lyss was going to tell him she wanted a horse, and Ty was going to ask for the barn, but they were to busy chatting about the John Deere's! Once they tell the jolly old elf what they would like, they are each given a $5. Barnes & Noble gift-card! Oh, we do love Santa!

Did you notice that Luc was the only one "brave" enough to see "Santa" by himself ?!

After the party, we headed to church to finish up sound preparations for Sunday and then we had lunch at Hofmann's! Oh boy, was it good. We hadn't eaten there in quite a while! Not that the girls appreciated it. Even the mac-n-cheese was fabulous!

~Sunday, Grace Baptist Church of Marion (near Rochester) presented their Christmas contata, "One Incredible Moment", and it was GREAT! Our little church enjoyed it immensely. Then we spent the afternoon with Mommy and Mom & Ed! It was a really nice day.

Well, I guess I have you all "caught up" now. Hope you enjoyed it.

Hershey Kiss Wreaths

Hi everybody!

For Christmas I made two Hershey kiss wreaths, one for us and one for grandma. I ended up using a total of 2 hard foam wreaths, 11 bags of Hershey kisses, 565 kisses - 218 green kisses, 220 red kisses, 104 silver kisses, 23 purple kisses, 287 toothpicks, 2 sticks of glue, some aluminum foil (I don't know how much), 9 feet of ribbon, and had 4 sore fingers. I told mom that I had done art class for the entire year. I even learned how to make bows for this project and it really isn't difficult at all. I told everyone that they are not allowed to eat the kisses until the day after Christmas, and so far they've obeyed.

Grandma's wreath is red instead of green, but still has the same colors except for green (I ran out).

So that's what I've up to. And by the way, no, I am not taking orders for any wreaths, two was enough. Love to all!

- Bethany

News of Grandma-Great

*Update*
My Grandmother broke her pelvis in 2 places and will be in the hospital for a couple weeks and then will head to rehab. Please keep her in your prayers. Thanks!



I would like to ask everyone to pray for Grandma Cadwell, she fell today and they think tht she broke her hip. I will update you when I know more. Mommy will also need lots of prayers as well.

Black Friday Shopping

Things have been really busy here since Thanksgiving. For the first time ever, I went shopping on Black Friday! WOW! Was I surprised! I always had this image of how busy and crowed and insane it would all be. Can I just say, that was NOT the case at all. I was up at 3:00 a.m. to be ready when Tom and Bethany were. And those who know me, know that is shocking! :-) Needless to say, I was the only one ready to leave at 3:30 a.m. when we were supposed to. We arrived at Kohl's at 4:05 a.m. and we did not even have to wait to enter the store. We were able to get all the items we wanted and were out of there at 4:20 a.m. and headed to JCP for their specials. We finished up there and headed for some breakfast as McD's and to wait until Sears opened at 5 a.m. We were in Sears shortly there after and found the things we wanted (and some besides) and head to Macy's. Whew, we were on a roll. We didn't have a specific place next, so we decided to take in the deals at Sam's Club. They had a 8" mini computer on sale for $350. and it was so cute. We asked how much the regular price was, and come to find out, it was not "deal". The regular price was $345. Glad we asked about that one. Maybe they will actually be on sale after Christmas. We then headed to Lowe's to grab some gifts for those handy helpers that we have. WOW, so much done in such a short time. From there were headed to TSC to wait until they opened, but alas, they had opened at 6 a.m. The item we went for was already gone, but we were told they had them at the Rome store. Well, off we went. Tom was ready to get some sleep, so we took him home and picked up Tyler for our next TSC stop. Thankfully, we drove all that way and we were able to get what we wanted. YEAH!! We also were able to see Grandma for a bit as well. After another "breakfast" we headed home. Let me tell you, I was tired. The ride home was extremely long (23 miles) and I could not wait to get some sleep. At 9:45 a.m. I kicked Tommy out of bed and jumped in. Boy, did I need a nap! The next 2 1/2 hours were simply heavenly!

We spent the rest of the week-end cleaning, rearranging, organizing and decorating for Christmas. Now, it is back to school and counting the days until Christmas vacation.