Almost Ready

Well, the Christmas cards have been mailed, the presents wrapped, the house cleaned (as clean as it can get with a 3 year old running around behind me!) and the oil has been changed in the car. I'm almost ready for Christmas! Today holds lots of baking and some more cleaning and laundry. Some things I just can't get out of. =)

Our weather here had been in the low 80s and high 70's all last week and the beginning of this week too. It was strange to be having a Christmas program at church only to go to your car afterward and find it hot and in need of the air conditioning! We were even sweaty! We were all glad to have the temperature drop on Tuesday - now it feels like maybe it could almost be Christmas.

This year we will be spending the holiday in Wichita Falls with John's family. We didn't get to see any of them for Thanksgiving so we are looking forward to going there. My family will stay in home in Colorado this year - I don't think they could leave if they wanted to because there's so much snow. The snow is almost up to their fence line! Burrrrrr!!!

John David is ending this semester on a good note it seems. While his grades have remained high all year so far, his behavior hasn't always been the best. He's brought home a "happy face" in his folder every day since Friday though so he's on a roll. On Tuesday, when John picked him up, he looked in his folder and was surprised to find a happy face. He said, "John David, I'm so proud of you! You got a happy face again!" John David seemed equally surprised and leaned up to look for himself. He appeared to not know what to say. John asked him if he thought he didn't have a happy face and John David said that yes, he had been in trouble once that day. John replied that it must be a miracle! John David quickly said, "Yea, it's a miracle! God did that!" He told me later that his fanny was saved by a miracle. We had a good laugh about that one. =)

That's all I have for now....just some random ramblings to catch up with things.....our love to all and wishes for a very happy Christmas celebrating Jesus' birthday!