I know... I haven't been doing well at all. Well, here's to getting back in gear and keeping up blog. Eventually I hope to turn this into a book so we can go back and read it and see kind of what was going on at the time and have a few good stories. My mom always remembers the ridiculous ones. I say funny stuff all the time... mispronounce words, the use of sarcasm, etc... but for some reason the only thing she can remember me ever saying as a little girl was the "dish ran over the spoon" nursery rhyme. And it's just not funny. And also, I'll have a few pictures for myself in case the future kids decide to steal them or tear them up (like me and my sister did). AND.. there will be a family history/story. My grandmother used to tell us stories of her when she was little or of her working at the shop and getting married and so on, but none of that is written down. Granddad also tells great stories, and we've always talked about putting together a memoir or something, but it never happens. At least, I'll have something to leave a legacy.
So to catch you up...
We had Thanksgiving at our house and a lot of people were sick, so I was kind of let down. Because I'm always excited to laugh and play games, but there just weren't enough people. Or time. Afterward, we went to Veronica's and planked with the family. There was some drama, but everyone there had a wonderful evening.
Christmas was intense. We ended up going everywhere. We had plank wars against the El Paso familia and totally defeated them. Abuelito even planked! In his cowboy hat and boots! Then for the rest of the night we played charades at Tia Olga's house. The next day, Christmas, we went to early morning service, came home and went back to sleep, then woke up again and opened presents here. It was a lot of fun because we decided (or I decided) to make presents instead of buy them. I made Maecy a make-up frame holder thing and a hairband holder too and for mom pillows. Maecy made magnets and shirts and scarves. Luke made "I love you" hands. And John was here too and he made us really cool scarf holders shaped like hearts. I forgot what mom made... I think she didn't have time and ended up getting us clothes. ?? Anyway, that was a good start to the day, but at lunch we went across the street for not long at all and snacked on food and punished Luke a lot, and finally went to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Dinner, as always, was delicious. And Luke played with Hailey's little boy, somewhat sharing his cars and the noise-makers.
Finally Zac and Rose visited around New Years. We went through our entire year with them, starting off by celebrating their birthdays with cookie cake, giving them Valentine's and April Fools gifts, showing them video of I guess Cinco de Mayo beats, throwing fire crackers at each other in the garage for the 4th, planked outside and pet horses, and ended back inside for a belated Halloween and Christmas. I think they really enjoyed themselves. We always have fun when they come over. Hopefully we'll be able to visit in the summer sometime and swim in the ocean.
So, you are officially caught up. And all this week I have been sick with the flu and rearranging the entire house. Tomorrow is my last day of sorting things and throwing away the junk. It's shown me what it would be like to be a stay-at-home mother, minus the being home bound due to the highly contagious part, but all in all - I think I would like it.
