Had a fine day today. Busy all day long. We had our Christmas Party today and it turned out well. Rachel also made it in today. She was supposed to arrive at 7:30 but had some delays so we did not see her until 10:45. The kids were really excited for her arrival. I was pretty well dead when she did make it in. I have just woken up from a short nap and now it is 1 AM and I am able to function slightly better. In my regular journal writing I would be writing in blurred lines right now and making no sense what so ever. So there it is, another benefit of the blog. I simply cannot blur my typing. If you find that none of this makes any sense then you may assume that I have been nodding off the entire time.
Because it is late I am going to save more of the detail for the party until another blog. I will simply make a couple of notes. We had a total of 9 kids - 3 of those were my own, 3 were Heidi's and then we had Lexi and Payton (not sure on spelling and not sure on name) from up the street and Melissa Crane from around the corner. We had invited quite a few more that were unable to make it but that was fine. I think, I hope that those who came as well as my own kids had fun.
I am grateful for help from Amy last night, mom for coming and lending a hand and just having fun with the kids, Heidi for some fantastic games and help with everything as well, Santa (Dave) for doing an outstanding job going above and beyond for us. I wanted to have a different touch with Santa talking about the true meaning of Christmas. Great job Santa. Mom talked a bit about Santa when I got to her house tonight and how there were two little boys and a little girl that just loved him and had a great time following him around, and being excited to see him and what a good job he did with them. You are a natural Dave, sure do love you bro.
Grateful to have my first kids Christmas party down. I learned a few things and that is always good. Nice to have an outline going in and knowing that it is flexible is also good. I was so worried about food and didn't need to be. The cookies and goodies were plenty I think. The kids just seemed to enjoy being together and that was fun. I over planned it a bit but that is okay too. I will not stress about it too much the next time.
Well, the house was in good order for the party and then for Rachel coming in. Amy and I put on a little show for Natty and Andy and Jack with her throwing marshmallows at me from across the kitchen and me catching them in my mouth. Our record was 8 in a row. We can beat that. It wasn't long before Natty and Andy were throwing things at me, then Jack jumped in as well. Next thing I knew Andy was throwing handfuls of M&M's at me and Jack was tossing cookies at me. It was a little crazy there for a bit. Andy had a snotty nose and I tried throwing a marshmallow at him hoping to stick it to his upper lip. Natty decided to just stick one there which she did. Andy pulled it off and threw it at me from across the room. It nailed me in the chest and stuck to my shirt. Beautiful. There is a picture, I will upload it another time. We all had a good laugh and then began cleaning up the mess. That was one way to get rid of a bunch of extra sugar.
So anyway, Rachel did come in. The kids were thrilled. Everything was set for her and I hope the visit goes well. I will be back at the house periodically for different projects during the week but hope to stay out of the way as much as possible. This is the second time I have experienced this and it is a little weird to walk away from your home and your family. It is a lot of work as well. I wrote about the countdown and everything previously. I am happy for the kids to have this time with their mom. I hope the week goes well. I feel a little lost though. It is better that my routines and environment change up and that theirs stays as familiar as possible. Hopefully that will make the transition back to dad easier when she goes back home.
I have rambled on a bit longer then I thought. I am done for now. Need to get a little sleep before tomorrow. I get to give the lesson in Priesthood - the Sabbath Day. I won't get to keep doing this which is sad as I enjoy it. Anyhow, grateful to the Lord for his hand in my life and for the many wonderful blessings that I enjoy.
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