Gifts

All that I have and am thankful for this holiday season are right here. These are my gifts!
Here are Kaia and Tanner with their new jerseys!



Here are Keith and I with some of our gifts from the kids.


We've had a lot of fun this Christmas season getting and putting up our tree, opening gifts, attending special events, and spending time with family and friends.





Kaia and I were given the special opportunity to read the story at our church's St. Lucia Celebration in early December. We arrived at 6:30 to tell the story to all the women that attended this "girls only" event. Even Grandma AnnMarie, Grandma Shirley and Auntie Heather were able to join us this year.



Wishing you the opportunity to appreciate the special gifts that you've been given now and in the New Year!

All About Me

This has been a very busy week. On Monday, I hosted my last fall parent/teacher/student conferences. What a great time time to get to talk with parents about this school year!

Then I went for a much deserved and healthy massage on Tuesday. I save my money to have this monthly treat for myself and my health. I wish I could do it more often!

Wednesday was our monthly PTA meeting. We do great things as a group. Some of us went to Colorado in October to become consultants on Parenting with Love and Logic. It was an excellent conference and we'll be hosting our parenting workshops in the spring of 2010.

On Thursday Kaia had Girl Scouts, so Tanner and I got to have some mother-son bonding time. He still loves to snuggle his mama!

At school on Friday we had our 5th grade Kindness Retreat. What an awesome day of fun and bonding for the kids and teachers.

Now I'm off for my first Mystery Girls Weekend! If things go as well as I'm expecting, this is what I'd like all my girlfriends to do with me to celebrate the Year of Sheri (I'm turning 40 in May)! Come and join me.

Have a great weekend,

Family

Welcome! It's been a busy week around here, as usual. Tanner came down with coughing and 100.8 fever on Thursday after school and Kaia had the same thing on Friday morning. Lots of tears from her about missing Phy. Ed. that day. Tanner loves his teacher, but didn't seem too heartbroken to have to stay home! Keith stayed home with the kids and wasn't feeling too well himself either. Today he and Kaia have been working on the basement bathroom.



The entire sewer backup really wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. It's really just another instance where scrapbooking can be a lifesaver, really! I was downstairs scrapbooking when the sewer started to backup and Keith stopped it before any of our personal possessions were damaged- AKA all of the precious scrapbooking materials! Now he's off to "save big money" and buy the rest of the needed materials for our basement remodel.

Hope you enjoy the weekend!