Monday Chris had Chemo scheduled for 10:30. The weatherman also predicted a dusting of snow. Mimi had planned on coming to our house to keep girlies on Monday but opted to come Sunday evening on the off chance the weatherman was correct. At midnight we woke up to go to the restroom and saw it… Continue reading End of Christmas Break: First Snow Day in 2022, Chemo Day, and R&R
After ending 2021 with our household not feeling 100%, mom/dad not seeing the girlies for four and a half days, and going to bed early we hoped to wake up in 2022 well rested, joyful, and full of faith. It did not happen! Chris and Lisa both were still not very energized. Lisa had been… Continue reading New Year’s Day 2022
By the time Sunday morning rolled around Lisa was not feeling 100% but kept rolling with it figuring it was just all the excitement and craziness of Christmas. Thankful family helped de-Christmas the house to get it down like we normally do the day after Christmas. The rest of the day was a haze. Kelly… Continue reading The rest of 2021
Following suite to our life since August, it was a different Christmas morning! The girls woke up a little later than normal. For that we were thankful. Chris woke up and told us to go ahead to the den for them to see what Santa had brought them. Momma got ahead of them to get… Continue reading Christmas Day 2021
Christmas Eve came but it did not feel jolly. It was the first year ever to have all our immediate family together on Christmas and for that we were thankful. It was the first year that Mark’s parents came and we loved having them. It is a holiday that we normally love and say the… Continue reading Christmas Eve 2021
Monday was the first official day the girls were out of school. We have always tried to do fun activities during their break and ask them what is something they want to do. This year when we asked we got dead silence. They are aware things are different and did not want to make us… Continue reading Christmas Break Week One: Home time, Glow Wild, Adult Dinner, Spend the night with Mimi
Saturday morning, one of Chris’s co-workers came by under the pretense that he was borrowing golf clubs. While he was doing that he also had planned to play Santa and deliver Chris a Xbox, a hard find this year from co-workers and friends. JJ may have brought it but there was almost 20 people at… Continue reading Saturday: Chris’s surprise from work & Girls Christmas Show
In the morning we went to Tay-Day celebration. Momma and Ivy flew low getting home. Got daddy a shake and headed to school for her Holiday Party. We of course were running late due to traffic and got there after lunch; Lisa had planned to get there during lunch to set up. It felt a… Continue reading Thursday Continued with Ivy Holiday Party and Lisa’s Christmas Party
Through Covid we became close to a couple neighbors. One family we became close to is the Schlappi’s. They have been fostering Tay for a little over a year and a half but have had the desire to adopt him since they discovered his biological mother was not going to be able to care for… Continue reading Tay-Day, December 16, 2021
Group hug and all smiles Friday afternoon right before the girls head to Mimi’s house for the night Friday night at Mimi’s: Takeout dinner at Moe’s, R&R, games, going Christmas light looking, and treats at Dairy Queen Good morning after a good nights rest Golf cart neighborhood tour before the ran came in town Sara… Continue reading Weekend Fun: Girls spend night with Mimi, Gingerbread House Decorating, Chris Tomlin Concert