Merry Belated Christmas!!

Christmas 2009 was a good one! It was quite different because of mom having her knee surgery, but really fun!

it started with Jackie and I (attempting) to take mom to physical therapy on the 23rd, and boy was that an adventure, everything was fine until we attempted to get home, and then she couldn't get back in, so that was a big, but funny ordeal!

And because of the surgery we didn't go Caroling, so that was sad, but we did call the people we usually carol too, and sang over the fun! haha!

the next day was Christmas Eve day and dad went and got a bunch of pizzas, and by this I mean a TON! and a childhood friend Shawn was over, so we ate and played Disney trivia, which was really fun! Sam, Kevin's girlfriend, was around, so that was nice! she is so great!

then we got ready and went to Christmas Eve services even though we got this big storm, almost a blizzard, and mom stayed home, but the service was good, and we even took pictures of the fam with a chair replacing mom and her wheelchair, since she got one from dad's work and had fun wheeling around! haha! :)

after church we came back home and opened gifts, I got lots of great stuff. the best being Eldeweiss seeds from Jackie, and a Joe Mauer jersey from Kevin, and twins PJ's from mom and dad, man my whole wardrobe is going to be all twins stuff! haha!

after that it was time for duh duh duhhhhh, the Sommers game, this year Disney Monopoly with real money, woot woot! we won big, but of course right after it, Jackie informed me of the amount I owed for mom and dad's gifts, ouch! haha! oh well, it was really fun!

Then we just relaxed and hung out, and it was nice since we canceled the Sommers family Christmas, so we opened presents on Christmas morning, which I got more Santa stuff, and my skating tickets, and then we gave dad a secretariat beanie baby, which was so cute, and a black headband, which he loved! so it was fun!

after that we just hung out and played games! it was very nice that we didn't have to get things cleaned up and ready for the game, so it was a different Christmas, but still fun!

before Jackie left, there was a Jonas Brothers special, so that made her happy! and she did like the Jonas Brothers stuff that I gave her, so yah!

before I left I did dishes for mom, which she enjoyed too! haha! :)

Opps, I realize Its been awhile!

Well I am still unemployed, so not a lot of news to write! but Christmas is soon! HOORAY! i was just at my friend Jill's house with Lisa, old CM co-workers and we had our Christmas together. We scrapbooked and exchanged gifts. I got a super COMFY pillow from Jill since she has some many comfy pillows!!

we also watched Rudolph, which was fun too!!!

then I went to church on Saturday night and attempted to go to the mall to get some more pictures to scrapbook but it was way too busy, so then I went back to jill's and her toliet overflowed and water got everywhere, which was funny and CRAZY!!! we decided to get out of the apartment after her landlord stopped by and then came back and scrapbooked! It was a crazy day, but really fun! I got home yesterday afternoon after not sleeping to well, and ended up sleeping all night, whoops!

but now i am getting ready to head home, we are supposed to get a lot of snow, so hoping to get home before the storm comes! mom is having knee surgery tomorrow, so I will be taking care of her, and since she is having surgery we cancelled our family christmas, so it will defintely be quiet, but fun! I will post details after Christmas is over!

Have a Merry Christmas and remember the true reason for the season!!!!