Life goes on!

As you can imagine life has been busy here at our house. Sarah's wedding was beautiful. I hope you were able to go the link I gave in another post and saw her pictures. She was a beautiful gorgeous bride. We miss her, of course, but we know that with Nathan she is in great hands. They've had a rough start with sicknesses and car problems but it's getting better!

Jesse is getting married in less than two weeks! He and his bride will live here with us until he goes to boot camp in June. They've been busy putting away their shower presents, moving furniture into his room to make it look more like a little apt, school and work. I gave her a shower a few weeks ago at our home. We had a wonderful showing from our family and church family. Last Friday I was invited to her bachlorette party. We rode the ferry across the bay to Cornonado and ate at a wonderful Italian restaurant Al Fornio. I had an absolutely scrumptious meal and ate EVERY SINGLE BITE. There wasn't anything left for the dog if there had been one. My pasta dish had barrel pasta with salmon, asparagus, in a smoky tomato sauce. Yum.

Adah was sick Thanksgiving morning. I spent the morning in urgent care with her. She was crouping. Even in the daylight she was pretty bad. She was given a steroid shot to open her airways and then oral steroids for five days after that. Oh.My.Lanta. I stopped after the second dose. She was in pain, writhing around like a mad woman one minute, lethargic the next. She was growling, kicking boxes, and well quite frankly she is a spitfire and certainly does not need help in aggressive behavior.

We made our turkey dinner today. I taught myself how to make gravy. Pretty darn yummy if I do say so myself. Not bland like most gravies I've had. The girls helped me make pumpkin pies. I wouldn't let them help me with the crust since I'm not a good crust maker. I didn't need to mess it up. I can do that myself.

Joel and John are on tournament teams for soccer. Joe is playing soccer for River Valley Charter School where he'll start attending twice a week in January.

I think that's all the news for now. I'm not ready for Christmas in any way, shape, or form. Can't believe it's only twenty-four days away. Too much going on in daily life to think that far ahead!