by teresa

It's Sunday night. The weekend went too fast.

We had a great time visiting with my Uncle and his family yesterday.

The kids played all day (except for Nick who slept all day recovering from his all night lock-in).

The adults ATE all day.

Mom made brownies and M&M cookies. And the spaghetti was incredible! The best I've ever tasted. It had meatballs and pork cutlets in the sauce. Have mercy!

We took the kids to a train show at a church down the street and they enjoyed looking at the displays and seeing Santa. A man at the entranced was dressed like the conductor on Polar Express. he gave the kids and ticket to enter...and before they left he would call them over one at a time and pull a silver bell from his pocket. After ringing it he would ask..."did you hear that?" Yes...they would say. Then he would smile and say..."YOU BELIEVE!" And then he would punch their tickets. This brought big smiles to the kids faces. If you haven't seen the movie...do it! It's great.

Beth and mom and I left the kids with the menfolk and went shopping at Garden Ridge for a couple of hours. It was terribly crowded, but well worth the trip for the deals we picked up.

Church was nice today. Some women had come in this week and decorated the sanctuary with wreaths and garland wrapped in white lights. How beautiful! I always tell Lauren...when you get married it MUST be in December. Our church is always exquisitely decorated for the holidays. After church we went out to eat with some other church families...and then we came home and Lauren's friends from church came and hung out all day.

We have been relaxing the day away. This week is extremely busy for both Chris and I. Me with school(Santa shop), PTA meeting and play, karate banquet,etc. And Chris will be out of town all week. No fun!

Here are some pictures from yesterdays activities.