Thursday, January 8, 2009

I am behind in typing this because we have been without Internet service since Saturday the 3rd. We are trying to save some money and switched Internet providers to Qwest price for life and in doing so, switched from Cable TV to Satellite. We didn't have the equipment to set up our Internet yet when they hooked up our Satellite and didn't realize that would affect our Internet connection. It was actually kind-of nice not to have someone at the computer all the time. It's amazing how much time we actually waste each day on here at the expense of letting you all know how we are :)

Our family stayed home for New Year's this year. The kids were so wild that we sent them to bed at 10:15-10:30. I figured that was late enough for them. Then Chad and I watched a movie. We turned it off for a few minutes to watch the New York Times ball drop--do they do that every hour for all of us? What a MESS! As New Year's is my birthday, I slept in. I received a BBQ grill for my birthday and didn't even send Chad to the doghouse!!! (If you haven't seen that you should go to bewareofthedoghouse.com -- it was a very clever ad by JC Penney!) I asked for the grill as ours died in September and we have had some steaks staring at me in the freezer since then! So Chad braved the cold weather and cooked me steak for dinner. It was FABULOUS!

Now we are back in the swing of things. We had a rough start on Monday with the elementary school. Apparently their heating system went out sometime last week and the school was freezing. They figured they'd get it working within a few hours and the kids would be fine with their coats on--funny not all kids realize the importance of wearing a coat in the Winter when it is 0-10 degrees outside! Apparently they started calling parents just after 11 a.m. to come and get their kids. Since I never received the call from the school I figured my kids should just stay there! Keiera didn't have Kindergarten and was so disappointed that I took her over to say "hi" to her teacher and to get the other two. They both went to lunch--like I said, they might as well stay there! Jaydon had finished and Alex had a home lunch so after checking them out, we went home. (The heat was starting to work at this point but was still VERY cold.) It was very chaotic and hopefully a good learning experience for the school. I was glad it wasn't an emergency because they were extremely unorganized. We were glad things were working well the rest of the week so we all could have a break from each other.

Not much else has happened, I guess we have started basketball! Jaydon had practice Tuesday and Skyler will have practice tomorrow at Nibley Elementary. Maybe he's on his cousin Tanner's team and we'll see our relatives again! We'll keep you all posted on that!

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