Merry Christmas to all....

....and to all a Good Night! I hope you all had as great a Christmas as we did.

Let it snow!!!!!!!!!

SO last week it was ice this week it is snow! I'm sure you all are wondering where we have been and what we've been up to. Well, let's see........

We had a nice Thanksgiving with the Mortons. We had a delicious meal at April's house and stayed with Grammy for a couple of days. Ryan cooked the turkey this year and it was probably the best turkey I've ever had. We also got a chance to see our Melrose family on Wednesday night. It was sooooo good to see all of their smiling faces and get caught up on the happenings there. They truly warm my soul..... Then the first weekend in December, we went to Dumas to celebrate James' grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. It was good to see Mama Nody and Papa Jim and the rest of the Morton clan. We love them all very much! Thanks to Nina for hosting the celebration at her house (please keep Nina in your prayers, she fell and shattered her hip yesterday and is having hip replacement surgery today). Since then we have all been sick and/or cooped up in the house. Two days after we got back from Dumas, Megan came down with a wicked stomach bug. It slowly made its way through the four of us. I think Mom, Dad, and Shai skipped out on it. I was so sick last Monday, I just wanted to curl up and stay under a blanket all day. As luck would have it, James wasn't here. He flew out last Sunday night to Dallas to pick up a Uhaul and bring the rest of our furniture back. He got one of the very last flights out of Tulsa for a couple of days. We got a nice little ice storm last Sunday-Tuesday. It is the worst they have had here in several years. Welcome to Oklahoma, right? We were fine here, we had electricity and water, just had to stay shut up in the house. Some people in the Tulsa area were without power for days. There are LOTS of trees and power lines down. It will take them a while to get it all cleaned up. Shai missed 2 days of school and Megan was out all week. She sure is hoping they have school next week. James made it back on Wednesday with our stuff. Our house is now completely empty. We had hoped to close on the house on Friday, but the state has not gotten the paper work back to the lender yet, so we are still waiting. Doesn't look like we will hit our original date of the 17th either. We are going to sign an extension on the contract, so hopefully we will close before Christmas! It is getting a little frustrating for all involved.
So on to today....it started snowing this morning and it covered the ground quite nicely. It has continued to snow on and off through out the day. It sure is pretty. I took some pictures of the kids. Bethany wasn't too sure about it and she did NOT like it to be on her shoes. I think I got one or two to choose from for my Christmas cards (no they have not been sent out yet). Megan and Shai had a good time out there, I even joined in on the fun for a little bit.
I am not ready for Christmas the least little bit. I have only bought three gifts so far.....guess I better get busy, but who wants to go shopping in the ice or snow. Hopefully the weather will be good next week, otherwise I will just have to get out there anyway! I think that just about catches everything up since Thanksgiving. Will try to do better about updating, but no promises..........