End of Christmas Break

We have kept Landon for Alicia since the kids have been out for Christmas Vacation. Alicia's nephew, who is staying with them right now, also came over to hang out. The kids have really used the Wii and almost worn out Mario Kart and Family Game Night that we got for Christmas. However, after a week and a half at home with 5 kids playing and arguing over who is going to be controller one, Todd said that we were going to the park. The first day that we went we only stayed a couple of hours! It was COLD! Todd and the kids invented this game called Hide-N-Chase. They used the entire playground. They had so much fun and actually got hot!

The next day we packed a lunch and headed to the park with 6 kids! Savannah's friend Emily spent the night with us and tagged along. As we were walking out of the house to head to the park, it started drizzling! Well, we decided to go on anyway. We were the only people at the park when we got there. We had out picnic and the kids (and Todd) were ready to resume their game from the previous day. They played in the misty rain and finally it stopped and they had so much fun!! Especially since we were the only goof balls at the park on a cold wet day!

Savannah fell while being chased back to base!
Thursday afternoon, we loaded up and headed to Dothan. Todd's friend, Matt, invited Todd and Zach to go hunting with him. Zach was so excited! Matt lives in Dothan, so Friday morning, I took Zach and Todd to Matt's house and they headed to the hunting land, where they even spent the night! Zach loved it!! They didn't see anything while in their tree stand, but they were hunting, so they were happy!!

We are heading home in the morning and excited to get things back to our normal! Todd will be starting his internship on the 11th! He will be teaching 5th grade for 6 weeks then 2nd grade for another 6 weeks. He is so close to graduating! May 15th is the big day! I am so proud of him, I never thought that the time would come. Now, if I can just get done.

Another year has come and gone and as I look back on 2009, it wasn't THAT bad of a year! We made it through despite Todd being laid off! It is nice to look to the future at the beginning of a new year, to set goals and make plans. Here is to 2010 and the hopes of a better year!!