Lazy Sunday

What a great day. We headed to church this morning, which still allowed us to be lazy since our church just adjusted the service times and we opted for the 11:30 service today. That means we had time to make pancakes and bacon. In our book, that is a great start to any day.

After church we hung out together outside in the 70+ degree December afternoon. It was great! Riley rode his bike (a feat he conquered this summer and is now loving). He even braved it and hoped on his newer (taller) bike, which is a good bit bigger than the one he learned on. He did fine, but his idea of stopping is slowing down and jumping since his feet don't touch the ground on the bigger one. Aside from O sitting in the antbed and screaming from across the yard, he had fun too (and he only had about 2 bites from the ants). He had fun riding down driveway on a skateboard most of the afternoon and drawing with sidewalk chalk. He is a great helper too. He was the first one in the garden when Lance said he needed help. We cleaned out all the tall cornstalks, sunflowers and took out the tomato cages so Lance could mow it all down. Glad that is done.

I also took down the "clubhouse." This was our old tent that I had erected for the boys to play in in the woods next to our house. They rarely used it and after sitting in the woods for close to a year, it began rotting and had a few holes in it. Down it came and into the garbage.

Our Saturday was good too. The boys and I spent the afternoon at Nanny's house baking with all the girls and kids (missed you, Tracey!). We made so much but more importantly I ate *way* too much! The list of goodies - toffee (my favorite), divinity, fudge, praline, chocolate covered pecans, chocolate covered pretzels, a gingerbread house, cookies, party mix, sausage balls and cheese straws. Did I miss anything? I think that is all of it. And since we hadn't eaten nearly enough we all headed to Longhorn last night to celebrate Kaitlyn and Lance's birthdays. It was good, but I didn't even consider ordering a steak - I was already stuffed and miserable by the time we left.

On a more solemn note - If you have a minute, please visit Ashley's page and leave her family an encouraging word. She is one of my "kids" and had been recovering from a bone marrow transplant. She was having some trouble, but I thought doing fairly well. I was so saddened and shocked to find out that she left this earth to go to Heaven Saturday afternoon. I'm sure the Debes family would appreciate your prayers at this time.