Vacation’s Almost Over
glingdidit December 31st, 2007
After over a week of Christmas vacation from work…we have to go back in less than 2 days…blah. I’ll be ready to get back to work…but just not quite yet. We had an amazing Christmas break this year…and I always hate to see it end. It all started last weekend with my birthday…or shall I say my sick day. After church (which had an amazing turn-out) we headed home for a quick nap and then got ready for me turning the big 2-6. I got my funkiest clothes on and we headed to Delmar Street in St. Louis. We got some amazing pizza at a local pizzaria down there and then headed to Starbucks for a yummy treat there as well. Unfortunately, despite lots of meds over the few days before, I was still sick….and in no shape to make our 7:00 movie at the Tivoli (amazing theatre). So…we headed back home and got our jammies on and watched Christmas Vacation in the comfort of our home. Christmas Eve came early and Jared and I exchanged our gifts and packed up the car to head back to Emden. Christmas Eve service was wonderful and our annual Olive Garden supper was extra-yummy. On Christmas we exchanged gifts with my oldest brother and his wife and kids…as they’re in the midst of moving and didn’t have a tree set up. So Santa made a special visit to my parent’s house this year. It was so much fun watching them tear into their gifts! We headed up to Marseilles after that…for lunch and visiting at Grandma and Grandpa Spark’s house…yummy and wonderful. Supper at Jared’s brother’s house followed (he and his wife just bought a new house)…where we ate way too much food and played the Wii with the family. The day after Christmas…Jared helped paint at my brother’s house and mom and I went to Bloomington to tackle the mall and other shops. I’m now ready for Christmas next year! (If only Christmas lasted more than a month…that would be awesome…I hate taking down my decorations!) The days following included much sleeping in and even more food…scattered about with some movies and shopping. Mom and I went to see P.S. I Love You…which was a wonderful chick flick…and will make you cry. For those reasons…all women should go see it. A trip to IKEA was planned…but quickly cancelled no thanks to the large amounts of snow in Chicago. Mom and I plan to reschedule that asap. Saturday was our last Christmas…at my Grandma Cox’s house. More food and fun with the family….and LOTS of homemade caramels. We packed up after that…and headed back to Greenville….which is always hard to do. It was nice to get home though…and sleep in our own bed and relax a bit more. We had church yesterday…with another big crowd there…which is always uplifting. It’s a joy to know that our new church is really starting to impact lives! Anywho…that brings us to now. We slept in until 10:00…and I need to get moving and get everything together for the New Year’s party we’re going to tonight. It’s hard to believe that 2007 is nearly over! So off I go to make appetizers and get our things together. Adios!
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