Merry Christmas!

Booshoo,

Thought I would update our blog since I have a few more minutes before the girls wake up. The past month we've been gone every weekend, not far but enough to make a little trip for us.

We went to Grand Forks to have our Christmas pictures taken and they turned out pretty good. It was fun the girls did well. I thought I was on top of my game and I still have yet to send them out. Ryan made and paid for our order but forgot to specify to have them sent to us. Well if you don't specify that they expect you to pick them up, well here we are waiting and waiting for them in the mail. I finally called and they said they were there ready to be picked up..ugh!! So a friend of mine picked them up today, 3 weeks later! oh well at least they are done and now I just have to mail them.

The next weekend we went to Winnipeg stayed at a hotel to watch my sister's boys while she was able to make it to her work's Christmas party. It was fun and the boys did soo well. I was really glad to have my hubby with he was a BIG help! We got to shop a little the next day and finish up our list. During this week our Church had its annual Gala to raise money for our sister church in the Ukraine. I was asked to decorate a table and I'll post a picture of it. I had to borrow dishes since I don't have a setting for 8 and then tried to come up with a nice table setting. Everyone sets up their tables the night before the gala so it was fun to see some other settings a head of time. It was a nice evening spent with a few friends from Alvarado church that I had invited to attend.

Last weekend we drove to Thief River and spent the day hanging out. We made our usual Walmart run but not for anything specific. We bought Emma a new snowsuit so now she is ready for snow and cold weather. We'll see how much she actually uses it.

Ryan is leaving tomorrow (a day earlier then we expected) and will be gone for 11 days. He is going to China with his mom to visit his sister, Merrilee, who is a teacher there. It actually will be a fast trip but in my mind it will be very very long. So I have been trying to decide whether to stay here or head to Red Lake for the time he is gone. If I head to Red Lake it will be less work for me, but if I stay here I will be able to see Ryan sooner and the girls will have regular routines and their beds to sleep in...what to do??? I sure would appreciate your prayers during this time. Thanks.