1st Day of Christmas Vacation

Sooooo....We made it. Today was the 1st day of Christmas vacation. I didn't think it'd ever come! There are times, in a daycare lady's life that any type of school vacation is horrifying.... but I was really looking forward to this. And today was AWESOME! We ended up with a total of 11 kids. 5 of those being invitees to Bethany's extremely delayed birthday party. (Long story- not enough time today) We really had a ball today. Started off with singing HSM karaoke (for those of you who are still un-informed: HSM = High School Musical). Then we settled into watching HSM 2.

Lunchtime came 1/2 way through so we paused to make our own personalized English Muffin Pizzas with RootBeer and 7up or a combo of both (thank you Wright girls for the yummy idea). I should mention here that, being pregnant, I could not have managed lunch without the help of Sarah Wright. I was scared of today so asked her to come over with her sisters and help me. Thank you Sarah!

After lunch we finished our movie and then had birthday presents, cake and cones. The daycare kids got along with the big kids who got along with each other which makes getting along with me wayyyyy easy. We finished the party off by another good 45 minutes of HSM Karaoke. Which is what we were doing when most of the parents came to pick their kids up. I think they probably believe I've lost it. After 6 years, of daycare though, the higher decibel levels don't seem to bother me. Yet another blessing.

You all need to know that I prayed that I could just get through this day and my prayers were answered above and beyond that which I needed. Heavenly Father blessed me with a wonderful start to Christmas vacation this year. Maybe so I can ponder on the joys of my older children as I am preparing for this new little one. I've joked with my children from the beginning of this pregnancy that I'm having another baby to remind me that I liked them once, too. Luckily, they both have good attitudes and take it all in stride. But I'm thinking it's not that funny anymore... My older children DO bring me a different kind of joy. Not the 'I feel needed all the time joy' that I LOVE, but the 'Wow. I taught them how to do that a year ago and they actually remembered this time' joy. Which I'm learning is a HUGE thing too.
Sorry. Now you're just listening to the ramblings of a pregnant lady. A humbled, happy pregnant lady.
I hope your days were all as good as mine. If so, remember to give thanks in your prayers. And if not, just be thankful you had another day. LOVE ALWAYS!

WE HAVE A BLOG....FINALLY!!

We finally did it. Jumped on the Blog Bandwagon. We're not really bandwagon people... we've always kindof done our own thing, BUT (there's always a big BUTt- and it's usually mine) we spend time on other people's blogs now and feel like we're eavesdropping so figured we should allow other's to check out our crazy life too.

I, Crystal, the mommy & wife, will of course, be the main contributor with input from my children. You might be priveleged to hear from KC occassionally, but don't be surprised if it's not as frequently as we all would like. And...fair warning... his posts most likely will be accompanied by dead fish pictures and boy things like that, like the one above. I'm SURE he'll love this when he sees it. Ahhhh...it's a wonderful thing being married to your best friend who can't seem to stay upset with you. I take advantage of it as much as I can. LOL....!!

So anyways...I think I'll add some favorite family pics and then we'll go from there.