Christmas Rush

Well, as my kids keep reminding me, there are only 4 days until Christmas. This shouldn't be a problem, but I still have TONS of Christmas shopping to do. I just haven't been able to find the time to do any. If it wasn't for amazon.com I would have VERY little purchased.

Friday night we went with the Thompsons to Riverton to the Southeast basketball game. The first half of the girls game was pretty much a blow out. However, the girls really pulled it out and came back at the end. We went into overtime and won! The boys also had a pretty close game, but won. As always, the Thompson/Colvin trip to Sonic was interesting! HaHa

A few weeks ago at church I signed us up to ring the Salvation Army bell at Wal-Mart for an hour. I thought that is would be fun and the kids would learn a little about giving...Well, of course everyone but Megan bailed on me. So, Megan I loaded up and headed out. When we left the house it was sunny and semi-warm. I was excited thinking it would be a great day for bell ringing. I was extra excited because I haven't purchased a new "coat" since I was pregnant with Tori. (Yes, she will be 14 in January.) So, all that I had was a hooded jacket. Well, of course as we started the wind picked up and the sun disappeared. It was sooooo cold. Megan would put her bell down every now and then to run in and warm up. We were doing a countdown the entire hour. Well, of course our relief didn't show up. Finally I called our relief and they had forgotten. They got there about 35 minutes late. So, we rang the bell in the FREEZING cold for an hour and 35 minutes. But, it felt good to do something for others!

Saturday afternoon we went to another SE basketball game. We played at home this time against St. Paul. The girls lost, but the boys won, leaving them still undefeated. (They won three games to start off the season in the Baxter Route 66 Tournament.) It is extra fun to watch the boys play because Jake plays. He is only a sophomore, but plays quite a bit of varsity. He does a wonderful job and has had a few exciting three point shots. Our high school boys are just a great group, but then I think that I am a bit partial because most of them play baseball for Vic and so they are extra dear to my heart.

Today I went to Wal-Mart and tried to stock up on groceries. Couldn't do any Christmas shopping because I had Megan and Aubrey with me. (Blabber Mouth 1 and Blabber Mouth 2) We also went to Walgreens to stock up on some cold medicine. I woke up yesterday not feeling to well, then I don't think that my cold hour and 35 minute bell ringing episode helped. So, I pretty much just watched TV the rest of the day, which is terrible when I have so much to do.

While we were in Pittsburg we searched the entire town for the book New Moon to no avail. I finished the movie Twilight this week. I thought that it was really good. Debbie and I are planning on going to see the movie tomorrow at 4. (Hopefully I can get some shopping done before then, and find the second book!)