Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Christmas Day
We had a lovely Christmas. It felt really low-key this year, which was perfect. We had some nice family visits, but most of the day was spent quietly playing with all the new loot!
Rhys was pretty excited to get the Dangerous Book for Boys from Avery.
And Avery was thrilled to get the new skateboard she was hoping for. She spent quite some time practicing outside, while Rhys played with his new baseball bounce back.
We also enjoyed all of our indoor goodies. Rhys settled right in with his new Clone Wars activity book, and Avery immediately started reading a new Christmas book. Griffin and Daddy spent a long time working with his new tool set, then later, Griffin tried out some other toys and Bill and I played many rounds of Quirkle.
The day was completed with a family jam session, thanks to the Guitar Hero World Tour that Papa and Ronnie brought.
Rhys was pretty excited to get the Dangerous Book for Boys from Avery.
And Avery was thrilled to get the new skateboard she was hoping for. She spent quite some time practicing outside, while Rhys played with his new baseball bounce back.
We also enjoyed all of our indoor goodies. Rhys settled right in with his new Clone Wars activity book, and Avery immediately started reading a new Christmas book. Griffin and Daddy spent a long time working with his new tool set, then later, Griffin tried out some other toys and Bill and I played many rounds of Quirkle.
The day was completed with a family jam session, thanks to the Guitar Hero World Tour that Papa and Ronnie brought.
Christmas Eve
As always, we spent Christmas Eve with the Waller branch of the family. This year, we went to Mamar and Doc's for a fabulous Christmas dinner, visiting, and more presents than I can count!
Before leaving, we tried for quite some time to get the obligatory Christmas pajama shot. As those that were there can attest, we're lucky that I managed to get Griffin in the shot at all!
The rest of the pictures were some version of this:
Before leaving, we tried for quite some time to get the obligatory Christmas pajama shot. As those that were there can attest, we're lucky that I managed to get Griffin in the shot at all!
The rest of the pictures were some version of this:
January re-cap
As happens every year, I spend about a month recovering from the birthday/Christmas extravaganza that is December. Not only did I need time to recoup, but we had some setbacks this month.
First, we received some sad news. Bill's grandmother had a stroke earlier this month, spent a few days in the hospital, then passed away. Bill was able to make it up to see her one more time, and I know he'll be forever thankful for that. She was a wonderful woman, and will be very sorely missed. We spent a couple of weekends visiting family in Lampasas, remembering and celebrating Meme's life.
Also, Rhys had surgery earlier this month to repair an inguinal hernia. He was a trooper, and aside from feeling bad the first day, he bounced back immediately. In fact, by nighttime on surgery day, I had to remind him not to jump on my bed! He spent a long two weeks restricted from running, jumping, or acting too wild. He's very glad to have gotten the green light from the surgeon this week to resume his normal activity.
So, between those things and just trying to regroup from Christmas, we've been quite preoccupied. We're finally getting back into the swing of our spring schedule, so hopefully my blog will be better kept up to date!
First, we received some sad news. Bill's grandmother had a stroke earlier this month, spent a few days in the hospital, then passed away. Bill was able to make it up to see her one more time, and I know he'll be forever thankful for that. She was a wonderful woman, and will be very sorely missed. We spent a couple of weekends visiting family in Lampasas, remembering and celebrating Meme's life.
Also, Rhys had surgery earlier this month to repair an inguinal hernia. He was a trooper, and aside from feeling bad the first day, he bounced back immediately. In fact, by nighttime on surgery day, I had to remind him not to jump on my bed! He spent a long two weeks restricted from running, jumping, or acting too wild. He's very glad to have gotten the green light from the surgeon this week to resume his normal activity.
So, between those things and just trying to regroup from Christmas, we've been quite preoccupied. We're finally getting back into the swing of our spring schedule, so hopefully my blog will be better kept up to date!
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