Saturday, January 14, 2012
Decorating the Tree
We waited to put up the tree until after Scott got home from his clerkship in Texas. We listened to Christmas songs, trimmed the tree, ate Almond Roca, and put up the Christmas village.
On another night we put the angel up on the tree, talked about the shepherds and the angels, sang Christmas carols, and had hot chocolate.
Christmas Adam
The day before Christmas Eve we went out to dinner as a family to Red Robin. The kids were starting to guess where we were going while we were driving there, so Scott went down a different road and parked at a restaurant across the street to throw them off the scent. We were all laughing so hard!
playing tic-tac-toe
The kids LOVE Red Robin. I don't know why, but they do. Every time we pass it they beg to go there. Of course, I love Red Robin, too, so I guess I can't blame them.
After dinner we drove around to look at Christmas lights. One of the kids' Primary teachers told us she had an awesome display in front of her house, so we went over to check it out.
It was a fun evening!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Family News
A few big things have happened in the last few days. Scott's Mom had brain surgery on Tuesday to put in a stent. She stayed in the ICU, then was released from the hospital on Wednesday. From what I hear she is doing well, and we hope and pray for her good health and a smooth recovery.
Also, Scott's Grandpa Stark passed away on Wednesday. He would have been 90 years old on February 7th. He lived a good life, and was ready to reunite with his wife. We do not know yet when his memorial service will be. Hopefully we will be able to attend.
Scott is in Texas right now for residency interviews. He & his friend Shaun (that he drove out with) arrived Tuesday night and stayed with my Mom & sisters, then headed up to Frisco on Wednesday. His first two interviews are on Thursday. We are praying he does well on his interviews, 'cause their outcomes will greatly affect our life for the next 3 years!
It's funny, because I had a dentist appointment on Monday and they scheduled my next appointment for 6 months from now, and it really hit me that we don't know for sure where we will be in 6 months! It will all just depend on where we go for residency whether we will be here or not. It hit me like a ton of bricks! It is a strange feeling to not know for sure where you will be in only a few short months. But, life is full of changes. All we can do is trust our Father in Heaven, hope & pray for the best, and hang on for the ride!
*BTW- Jaime, I hope it's okay that I basically copied your blog post. I tweaked it a little... :)
Also, Scott's Grandpa Stark passed away on Wednesday. He would have been 90 years old on February 7th. He lived a good life, and was ready to reunite with his wife. We do not know yet when his memorial service will be. Hopefully we will be able to attend.
Scott is in Texas right now for residency interviews. He & his friend Shaun (that he drove out with) arrived Tuesday night and stayed with my Mom & sisters, then headed up to Frisco on Wednesday. His first two interviews are on Thursday. We are praying he does well on his interviews, 'cause their outcomes will greatly affect our life for the next 3 years!
It's funny, because I had a dentist appointment on Monday and they scheduled my next appointment for 6 months from now, and it really hit me that we don't know for sure where we will be in 6 months! It will all just depend on where we go for residency whether we will be here or not. It hit me like a ton of bricks! It is a strange feeling to not know for sure where you will be in only a few short months. But, life is full of changes. All we can do is trust our Father in Heaven, hope & pray for the best, and hang on for the ride!
*BTW- Jaime, I hope it's okay that I basically copied your blog post. I tweaked it a little... :)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Updates
Hi! So, I just realized I haven't posted anything since mid-December. Yikes! I have plenty of things to post, which I will do later, considering it is 1:33 am and I should really be in bed. Anywho... on to the bullet-points.
* On Friday Scott took Part II of his board exams, which he HAS to pass in order to do his residency, plus the test costs 900 buck-a-roos to take, so he kinda needs to pass. We won't find out how he did for a couple of months, but I'm sure he did fine. He's been studying his butt off for that test!
* On Tuesday Scott leaves for Texas for residency interviews. Then, a few weeks from now we will submit our program ranking. Eeep! We will find out if he matched & which program he matched with, aka where we are going, in March or April.
* The kids start school again on Monday. They are not so excited about that, of course. Mommy is somewhat excited, though. But, I'm not excited about the early mornings. If you can't tell, I'm somewhat of a night owl. (Hence, it's 1:38 am)
* This afternoon we went on a family rollerblade (well, I walked) with Penny (our dog) down the trail by our house and over to Rita's, this awesome Italian ice & custard place. It's fun that the kids are old enough to do stuff like that. It's wild to me how old they are getting. (I swear I say that in every one of these dang "update" posts)
* BTW- if you were expecting a Christmas card from us and have not yet received one, have no fear. I sat down to mail them out and realized I had no envelopes that they fit inside! Who knew 4x6 pictures don't fit in an A2 or a normal, short white envelope?! Everyone? Oh, my bad. And, even though I've been to the store a jillion times since I made that discovery, I have forgotten to get bigger envelopes every time. SO, sometime this month I will be sending out our Christmas/New Years? cards.
* We did some fun things in December, like Christmas parties and the like. I will post about them and include the coordinating pictures at a later time.
* I seriously don't know why I am even still up. We have 9:00 church now. Curse you Pinterest, Facebook, and blogs! Why?! WHY?! *shakes fists in the air*
* Oh! Oh! One more thing! I was released as Primary Chorister and called to be the Webelos leader. How funny is that?! I haven't had a non-music calling in probably 10 years. And I don't know *anything* about scouts. I'm the oldest of 7 girls and only 1 boy, yo. But, I hear it's a fun calling, and it will definitely be a learning experience. Sad to be leaving 'normal' Primary, though. But, happy to be able to attend Sunday School and Relief Society. I'll let you know how it all turns out.
Well, I think I'm getting a little keyboard slap-happy, so I will 'talk' to you again soon and post about those other things we did, 'cause if you don't blog about it, did it really even happen? Duhn, duhn, duuuuhn...
* On Friday Scott took Part II of his board exams, which he HAS to pass in order to do his residency, plus the test costs 900 buck-a-roos to take, so he kinda needs to pass. We won't find out how he did for a couple of months, but I'm sure he did fine. He's been studying his butt off for that test!
* On Tuesday Scott leaves for Texas for residency interviews. Then, a few weeks from now we will submit our program ranking. Eeep! We will find out if he matched & which program he matched with, aka where we are going, in March or April.
* The kids start school again on Monday. They are not so excited about that, of course. Mommy is somewhat excited, though. But, I'm not excited about the early mornings. If you can't tell, I'm somewhat of a night owl. (Hence, it's 1:38 am)
* This afternoon we went on a family rollerblade (well, I walked) with Penny (our dog) down the trail by our house and over to Rita's, this awesome Italian ice & custard place. It's fun that the kids are old enough to do stuff like that. It's wild to me how old they are getting. (I swear I say that in every one of these dang "update" posts)
* BTW- if you were expecting a Christmas card from us and have not yet received one, have no fear. I sat down to mail them out and realized I had no envelopes that they fit inside! Who knew 4x6 pictures don't fit in an A2 or a normal, short white envelope?! Everyone? Oh, my bad. And, even though I've been to the store a jillion times since I made that discovery, I have forgotten to get bigger envelopes every time. SO, sometime this month I will be sending out our Christmas/New Years? cards.
* We did some fun things in December, like Christmas parties and the like. I will post about them and include the coordinating pictures at a later time.
* I seriously don't know why I am even still up. We have 9:00 church now. Curse you Pinterest, Facebook, and blogs! Why?! WHY?! *shakes fists in the air*
* Oh! Oh! One more thing! I was released as Primary Chorister and called to be the Webelos leader. How funny is that?! I haven't had a non-music calling in probably 10 years. And I don't know *anything* about scouts. I'm the oldest of 7 girls and only 1 boy, yo. But, I hear it's a fun calling, and it will definitely be a learning experience. Sad to be leaving 'normal' Primary, though. But, happy to be able to attend Sunday School and Relief Society. I'll let you know how it all turns out.
Well, I think I'm getting a little keyboard slap-happy, so I will 'talk' to you again soon and post about those other things we did, 'cause if you don't blog about it, did it really even happen? Duhn, duhn, duuuuhn...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Hay Ride
During our ward Christmas party we were supposed to have a hay ride to visit Santa, but it got rained out! So, on Monday we had a spur-of-the-moment hot cocoa/hay ride FHE so we could still have our hay ride!
Ward Christmas Party
Our Ward Christmas Party this year was GREAT...and mostly because Scott made it home right before the party and met us there! We were SOOOO excited to see him after 10 long weeks!!
The kids did the Nativity. Katelynn was a sheep, Michael was a shepherd, and Emma was an angel.
I taught the Primary kids how to do the sign language for the first verse of "Silent Night". They all loved it.
We had to go and see Santa, of course.
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