We had a wonderful time during this past holiday weekend. Although our children were scattered again, we were able to talk with each of them, and visit with most of them. We missed Nancy's family being near enough to visit, but are happy they are experiencing wonderful weather, which makes it so much easier for Tyler to move around.
We left town right after school was out at 11:30 on Wednesday. Garth had a car all packed with everything we needed to help out with the Thanksgiving dinner. We drove up to Tammy's house to be there when the water heater repair man arrived. She had to work and couldn't be there at that time, so she asked us if there was any way we could make it up by about 4:00. It was a great reason for me to walk out of the classroom as the students boarded the bus. The drive up was wonderful I guess. I mean, I was able to sleep a lot of the way!
The kids were so excited for us to be there. They had cleaned up the house and everything was nice and festive with their Christmas tree already up and glowing. We, or rather Garth and the kids unloaded the car and we must hung out the rest of the afternoon and evening. Tammy and Nicky arrived after they were off work, and we watched a Christmas movie on TV. We then left Tammy's house to go to Nicky's where we stayed the night. Nicky is so good to let us sleep in her bed when we are there. I must say, I envy her for the comfortable bed! We sleep better on her bed than we do on our bed at home.
Thursday morning we got up early, drove back to Tammy's to start cooking dinner. The kids really wanted a Thanksgiving dinner at their own house so we jumped right in and cooked. Everything turned out great....except for the things I was in charge of: the rolls and the yams. Some crazy person turned off the oven while trying to set the timer (couldn't have been me!) so the rolls didn't brown. After finding out the problem the oven had to be turned on again, which didn't help in the baking. We had doughy burnt rolls, which is quite a difficult feat achieve. Then, while we were trying to dig the rolls out of the pans, Nicky noticed smoke coming out of the oven. Oh, yeah, I had forgotten that the yams were put in to broil so the marshmallows would melt. They didn't melt...they were turning to charcoal! So much for my cooking skills! The cranberry sauce was good, as well as the turkey, potatoes, gravy, and other side dishes. The pies were delicious. We all ate our fill and then cleaned it all up. It was fun to be together for the day. Around 4:00 the kids went off with their father for the weekend, we headed by to Nicky's for the night and Tammy tried to get a few hours of sleep before heading back to work for the big night of shopping.
Friday morning Garth and I headed up to Logan to check in with Barrett. We had been worried about him because we had received a text from Chantel that Barrett was in the hospital because of his medical condition called myasthenia gravis. When we got there we found out he was going into the hospital each night for 5 nights to receive meds through IV. Although he wasn't feeling well at all, he was up and moving around. We played with the kids and tried to help out as much as we could. It was kind of a lazy day with the kids playing with friends, so we spent lots of time with Isaac and Eli. This was the first time we were able to meet Eli and it was pure joy. He is really a sweet little baby. And Isaac.......Isaac loves his grandma, even if I am the one who dropped him when I fell down the stairs :)
We played with Morgan and Max when they returned from the neighbors. We had fun with Headbanz (I'm not sure that is how to spell it), Go Fish, and Uno. Everyone went to sleep around 9:00 when Barrett headed off to the hospital for his hook-up. Saturday morning Barrett took us all out to breakfast at IHOP, then we headed home.
A quick stop at Nicky's, then Wal-mart to see Tammy and pick up a few things we still needed for Christmas. Then home. Today is a resting day. One of those days when you are too tired to rest, and don't want to do anything else.
We are thankful for our family and so many friends who are willing to help us at this time. We certainly have angels watching over us and our children.
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