We celebrated Christmas pretty much the minute we walked in from our trip - Santa had left a few things for the kids and they opened what we had...a few things were waiting for us at the post office!
They were very excited with the things they received - who knew Dr. Pepper and A&W Root Beer would be a request! It is amazing how excited they were over those little treats! We did manage to keep Christmas relatively small since we have been taking really amazing vacations and plan to do more in the spring!
The rest of the holidays consisted of sledding, playing, relaxing, enjoying new Wii games, and really just hanging out. We were really very lazy and even Spencer (the man who can't be still/bored for long) enjoyed the lazy days!
New Year's Eve was spent hanging out with friends at Peter and Helen's house. Before that though, we had actually been invited to another party as well, so we stopped off and Bill and Christine's before ending the evening with Peter and Helen. We had a great time visiting and enjoying the company! We did find out that New Year's Eve is a BIG deal here! There is a variety of fireworks displays, both personal and professional - each community here does an elaborate display at midnight, so if you are in the area, you are likely to see any number of shows. Plus, it is popular to set off the small ones. The good thing...no worries about fires - way too wet around here for that to be an issue. I think the main one this year was the wind!
Sunday evening was spent with Lamont and Wendy - we were invited to dinner at their apartment and had the pleasure of meeting two of their three college-aged kids that were visiting for the holidays. We enjoyed seeing them!
Monday was back to work for Spencer and the kids last day off from school. I think Spencer would have liked another day or two, but duty calls...he had a very busy week trying to tie up loose ends with the previous position while getting a handle on things for the new position. The kids headed back to school Tuesday - Kyla was very excited, Brendan, well, he was less so, but I think he ended up being glad to be back too. It was good to get them back on a routine, although the week had its ups and downs as everyone readjusted to bedtime and wake up time!
Otherwise, it was a pretty regular week - haircuts for me and the boys, COP Spouses' Coffee, volunteering at the school, meeting friends to visit...today I went with my friend Peyton to get a manicure and pedicure at the place she found. It is actually a school, so the prices are much more affordable - about half of what you would pay anywhere else here - But here is the aside to that...this kind of stuff is definitely considered a luxury here where in the states there is a nail place in every strip mall. They are not ever in a hurry and it takes an exceedingly long time. And in reality, the manis and pedis are really just average. I can definitely say I will be visiting the nail salon a couple times this summer when I am in the states visiting!
This evening, after some discussion between Spencer and I, we decided to give Kyla her BIG birthday present - a guitar. She was so thrilled and excited and her daddy has already taught her to play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star! We know it is a week early, but she has chosen to have a major haircut for part of her birthday and a little slumber party here with 3 little friends next weekend, so we thought she might like to enjoy it this week.
Can't think of anything else going on...I will post pictures of Kyla's new "do" next week!
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