New Years Day 2012

Happy New Year!

It was a good day to continue to work on the basement, but first there was the matter of getting up after such an exciting evening.

Exciting? Well, if you looked at the pictures from the last post, we weren't exactly the most exciting party-goers on the planet on New Year's Eve. In fact, we weren't partying at all, just standing around the television watching the big blue ball drop down the pole. With fresh sparkling cider in our glasses to toast the New Year.

And we didn't have to drive home!

But we did have to get up on time in the morning so we'd be on time for Sunday School. And the girls had to be ready a little early so they could go over to our dear friends' house and take care of the kitty for the very last time before they got home.

I had a wonderful time in Sunday School, with a group of energetic, eager-to-learn kids, listening to their stories of holiday fun and Christmas presents and New Year wishes; the older kids (6, 7 & 8 years) got to practice finding books in the Bible, and we talked about the journey of the Magi.

After that, everyone was supposed to be together in a combined service, but there were a few kids who just couldn't sit still, so I took them downstairs and had an impromptu Bible class - complete with fire trucks and tractor-trailer rigs! (You'd be surprised how many spiritual applications can be made with them, but probably not surprised that they help keep boys interested in the lesson.)

It was snowing when we left for home, and definitely time to relax for awhile.

So we relaxed for awhile. And watched Three Stooges. And Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in "Road to Utopia". And then the Marx Brothers.

Meanwhile, Cheryl had invited our dear friends over for dinner (the same ones whose cat the girls have been taking care of). And they came! Which was absolutely delightful, as we had a wonderful dinner (prepared by Cheryl), then the kids all ran upstairs and we adults got to sit and talk about their recent trip to New York.

(Oddly enough, they came back downstairs when we got out the pecan pie and the ice cream. Go figure...)

When our dear friends had gone home to catch up on their sleep, we had our family meeting to discuss the week's activities, so we could be ready for the start of school and work and our regularly scheduled weekly events.

I am so not ready to get back to work.