Megan, Laura, Alex and Rachel
Alex and her sunny smile!
Family pic! Thanks for being a goof Ian!
The kids have a crazy schedule the last couple of weeks. Break up parties for Aerofit for both, SchoolAerobics for Alex, the usual Friday night swim club for both, class break up/Christmas parties, etc. The end of the school year and Christmas really makes this time of year HECTIC for everyone! But, I also have finished all the holiday shopping (WHEW) and the tree was put up this past weekend. The gifts are wrapped and ready to go under once we run the vacuum to get all the needles the tree shed! Alex also had a testing day at her new HS this morning, an orientation day on Thursday, and we got her uniforms this morning as well. Supplies are already stacked in her room and the rest of the stationery order was put in last week as well. School resumes the last week of January!
In other family news, we finally had to buy a lawn mower. Since we have a very small yard that is mostly dead, I opted to get a manual mower! I remember the one we had as a kid and how glad Dad was when he finally bought a gas powered one. The kids love this one-Ian was even able to mow quite a bit by himself. The newer model has a disengage when you pull it backward, so no toes will be removed. We also found out we only need to maintain the landscape to head height as per our rental agreement. Lyle was removing a dead vine and got wacked in the face-nice line down from forehead to mouth that twisted his glasses all up-thank goodness he had them on or we would have most likely gotten a trip to the hospital out of it. The kids love to play "pick up the palm fronds" and "pick up the sticks and put in the bin" so that is good for all of us!
It is also officially Summer here as of December 1. To celebrate Mother Nature started the week with 85+ temps and humidity. Hoping a storm breaks it a bit tonight and Tuesday is forecast to be over 90. Just for reference, 40 C is about 100 F here. Unlike the desert climate, we do keep the windows wide open here during the day-closing the house up just makes it hotter and more humid inside. The breeze keeps it pretty tolerable, and we will be firing up the AC I bet for the first time tonight so everyone can sleep well.
Love you and miss you all. It feels too hot to be thinking of Christmas!
