Breaking the law.....

....or at least, all of our holiday traditions. We had a really nice Thanksgiving. We thought we wanted to go to Baltimore and have Thanksgiving there because there are some really fun Christmas Tree farms near there and we could just make a weekend of it. We planned to eat at Cracker Barrel for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great plan. Really. Except that the forecast for Friday was rain, rain, rain, and more rain. I was starting to get sick Tuesday, a simple cold, but nonetheless, I was slightly fatigued, grouchy, ya know....not much different than normal, according to John. So, we went to a movie Thanksgiving day, A Christmas Carol. It was IMAX AND 3D. What more could you ask for? A better movie, actually. The affects/effects (I'm not sure which one) were great, but the movie itself was a little intense. Did not leave ready to go save all the Tiny Tims of the world. It should have been heart warming. Parts of it were a little scary. Anyway, back to the story....we decided to come home Thanksgiving day because of the forecasted rain in Baltimore on Friday. So, we did come home that day. Long trip. We did eat at Cracker Barrel. It was so yummy! Especially since I did not have to cook it myself. Came home. It rained Thanksgiving Day here at our house, so Friday we could not go to a Christmas Tree farm here because it was too muddy. So......did we go Saturday. NO, Heaven's no, this year we are all about breaking traditions and routines. We went to Lowe's on Friday night and got the biggest Christmas tree they had. It is truly, larger than life, exactly what Christmas is supposed to be. I feel like I should keep apologizing to the tree. It really should be somewhere it can be more appreciated and better decorated. But I love it! It makes me happy. I didn't think we were ever going to get it in the house. John had to cut a lot off the bottom and the top. It just didn't look that big at Lowe's. Now it's up and mostly decorated.....just waiting for the cat or the dog to come knock it over. I will have no mercy......

Yaaaaaaa........

one day may never get here. It seems like I am always too busy to post an update, although, I'm sure that's not true. I don't really study on the weekends. I COULD, actually, make a post on the weekends, I'm just too busy catching with the household and running errands. Plus John is home on the weekends, so who wants to sit in front of the computer?? But, let's see...what are the Thompsons up to? John is in Baltimore during the week still. How long do we have left?.......August 2010. Ethan's last football game is tomorrow night. Ethan has had a great season. He has learned so much and gotten a lot less timid. We had his birthday party this weekend. He wouldn't let us take pictures of him right now. He wouldn't even let us sing to him over cake. But he had a really good party. The boys (3 dads and 5 sons) went to Buffalo Wild Wings for wings and football. The girls (3 moms and 2 daughters) went somewhere better. Then we all met back at the house for ice cream cake and good times. Ethan got a Texas hoodie, an Army hoodie, a Dallas Cowboys book bag (which has not arrived yet, so shhhhh!), a Game Stop gift card and lots of money. I want some!!! And if you can't tell.....he is very much into football. He is absolutely a fair weather fan. He loves A&M, but they aren't doing too hot, so he had to jump the fence and cheer for Texas. His Halloween pumpkin reflects this. I'll try to post a picture of that.

I am almost done with my first semester back in school. I will be glad to get a break. I did my last physical assessment demonstration today and this is my last week of lecture. All we have left is finals and I plan on having a little meltdown for each one. Stay tuned......

Emily is doing Irish dance this year and is really enjoying it.

John continues to be a 30 year old man in a 13 year old body. Poor thing. He comes home, does his chores without being asked, does his homework, eh, most of the time without being asked, and doing it well (actually this is a HUGE improvement over last year), he's so grown up. He wants power tools for Christmas. I can't wait until he can drive. I will have my own chauffeur.

OK.....see how boring we are....I don't think I have anything else for ya. I will try to post before another month goes by.