Catching up

This should be on the family blog, but I uploaded the pictures and then realized I was on this blog and not the family one... so we'll let that slide for now. :)

Ashley was one of the kids chosen to participate in decorating a christmas tree with her 6th grade english teacher Mrs Conrady at the state capital.  I was able to drive her and two friends down to it and they had a great time.  When we first got there, there was some waiting time... the girls kept themselves amused with the phone.

 Then the ornaments arrived and it was instant chaos... 28 kids trying to decorate the tree at the same time with parents trying to take pictures... this times 100 as there were schools decorating tree's every 20 feet throughout the state capital building... with marble floors- the sound was loud!

The Govenor and School Superintendant and Santa Clause came around and took pictures and visited with the kids after the tree was decorated.

 The three girls I took, with their great teacher Mrs Conrady.  Alex had her last year so it's been fun already knowing her and some of her traditions with the kids.

 Then we went and stood outside in the cold and waited for the big tree lighting ceremony... it was cold... and we waited and waited, and waited... for 45 min while they had some technical difficulties.

 But it was a pretty tree... and the hot cocoa we went and got afterwards was a beautiful drink too! lol! :)

Random thoughts that may or may not relate to each other...

I'm getting tired of, and at the same time have a lot of gratitude for Tissues,  Cold medicine, cough medicine, steam showers, and pillows...

We have a cold that has been passing around through our house.  I've had it about three times now, or I just haven't ever gotten over it.  Everyone else has had it at least once, and Alex was down and out of school with a cough for a week...

We managed to have a fun thanksgiving through the midst of it with Ann and her family coming over to visit from Tennessee.  I managed to not take a single picture of anyone while they were here... just forgot to pull the camera out at all.

The family all pitched in and we put up the christmas tree and did our indoor decorations last week.  Much to the chagrin of the girls, we have yet to put up any outdoor decorations and are currently the only lightless house on the block at nighttime...

Oklahoma is wishing we could take the high temps of this summer and the low temps of this winter and just average them together and stick to a mild temp year round... it's hard to deal with cold temps when you acclimated to 100+ for weeks on end in the summer...

I really need to blog more regularly... and with a purpose... :)  Next time I'll have something worth talking about and not just ramblings. lol! :)