Happy New Year (and Merry Christmas)

I know I said I was going to be better about this but hey it was the Holiday's!! Any way a quick catch up:
Christmas was great! Kids had a wonderful Christmas this year, the older they have gotten, the more fun they have become with the excitement. We started our celebration with the Bloomfield family at our house on Sunday the 23rd. It has been many months since we have all gotten together, and I thought it was the best gathering of all for us. Of coarse we were blessed to have the joke's of Jimmy that kept us in stitches, the kids all got along great and were so excited to spend time together. Our next stop on our holiday adventure was on Monday the 24th. It was our annual Drezek family party at my mom's house. The kids were so excited cause Grandma and Grandpa Drezek got them a Wii game! Yeah baby!! It was a great time with my bothers and there families, Grandma Dorothy and Gene and Marie and Amanda, and a visit from Jason, Sandy and Jaxon. They to finish up the party with the annual visit of Doug and Rick's friends are always a sure hit for the night of drinking.
"Santa was here" was the excitement of Bailey on Christmas morning, followed by "When can we wake Emmie?" Of course she was the last one up and the kids did everything they should not have to wake her. But they were all pleased with there gifts. We got to enjoy the day relaxing and putting together toys before we packed up to head to the lake!!! We spent Christmas day till New Years day at The Lake of the Ozarks. VERY nice and relaxing. Emmie has an asthma issue going on since Xmas eve so we got her on steroids and antibiotics to get through the week.

On Friday is when the real fun began (for all of us), we were joined by the Meyer and Williamson families at the lake. The adults got to do some major catching up, the mom's got to shop, the dads got to golf, the kids got to play each night till 1 am. We went to dinner, went to movies and yes, played many many hours of Wii. What fun it was. I had to have a day to recover from all the late nights (I am getting old you know). They all took off on New Years Eve Morning, but left many memories!!!!

We (Dan, Myself, and the kids) rang in the new year walking to bed! Oh how tired we were.

Oh the Christmas Tree!

I am so bad, I forgot all the fun we had last Saturday putting up decorations and the tree. Danny was not very interested, JUST WANTED TO PUT THE TREE SKIRT AROUND THE TREE. Do Not really know why, but could care less about orniments.

Kids did a great job decorating the tree and not knocking it over during all of there fights!!

You know the whole Santa is watching you? Does it work for your kids??? I do have to say, the stockings were hung by the chimney with much care!!!!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

Seem to be the song of the day in our house today!!! My kids were so excited to wake up to White all over the ground!! They love this. First breakfast, then snow. Of course Danny grew out of all his coverall's and boots this year, so him and I had to make a Wal mart run first thing. Dan and the girls went out to get a start on the snow blowing!

Then off to the little hill by our house, only to come home for a rest and dry up the cloths, only to find out that our event to Grants farm was canceled due to snow. Grants farm closed today so to save the day Dan made a quick phone call and off to meet up with Uncle Pat, Ryan and Carly for some real down hill snow sledding!!! Dan even went to about 8 stores to find each of our kids a sled of there own.

He was by far the "Best Dad on Earth" today to those 3.

Only to finish there day, the got to have a sleepover at Ryan and Carly's, they will sleep well tonight. Dan already is!!!!!

Count down to Christmas!!

Okay, enough with the illnesses already!! We made it through Emily's flu bug, then Danny's last Friday. Monday and Tuesday night Emily last preschool performance :( I am so sad. She did a great job, she is blessed with Grandmas Denise's beautiful singing voice! A voice only the parents and grandparents could truly appreciate!! He He just kidding. Wednesday is when it hit me, oh no not the 12 hour flu bug, but 102 fever. I had to cancel Bailey's girl scout holiday party cause by 6 pm I will out with the fever. By Thursday night Dan took me to the Urgent Care, and I was blessed with yet another round of bronchitis this year and an infection in my lungs. Yeah, 10 days of steroids, meds and and inhaler!! Look our winter storm I need breathing room (no serious, breathing is tough with this crap!)

So anyway, I had to miss my work Christmas Brunch on Friday and miss a whole shopping day to finish up before next week arrives.

Please pray for no more illness in this house!!!!!!!
Happy last munite shopping to all!

The count down is on!

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