12 Days of Christmas

Hi to everyone that has come over from Karen Ehman's blog. I am so glad you stopped by.

For those that are also in the "Mr. Linky" contest the play went well. My husband and I cried a ton when Katie did her death scene. She was Beth from "Little Women". I knew she had to do it, but when I actually saw it, oh boy was it hard!!

I thought I would share a couple of photos from our annual ski trip and Christmas tree shopping day. It was yesterday and it was eventful. Most things seem to be when it comes to our family.

The day started out perfectly. We arrived at the mountain to a frigid 19 degrees and wind gusts up to 40 mph. We got everyone dully covered and set with skis, we put the youngest two children in classes to start with; the rest of us headed to the top of the mountain. All was well until Allan took a spill. He is the one who never falls in our family!!!! He had this unusual look on his face when I got to him to give him back the pole he lost. He said his thumb was a bit sore, all else was fine. By the time we got to the bottom of the mountain I knew his hand would need to be looked at. After a visit to the First Aid room, a little oxygen and a bandaged hand later; he was sent to the fire place for the rest of the day.

The rest of the family had a great day, good runs and total fun. Here are a couple of pictures of Sarah.









Here is Ryan our 13 year old and our next door neighbor Pam and her daughter Jacqueline (their family joined us for our adventure today). They are sitting in front of the fire place keeping Allan company!!!


When it was time to leave and get the tree sympathy for dad and the need to have further evaluation on the hand set in. We scratched the tree run and decided to get home. We will go to a local farm and get a tree this week.

Allan went to an urgent care center and has a temporary cast. There are no broken bones, but he needs to see an Orthopedic doc to make sure the joint is stable.

Karen asked the question of how I handle the craziness of the season. I think it takes flexibility and willingness to improvise. As you are reading this today I am either on my way to Ft. Lauderdale or already there working; I will be home late tonight. Please pray for my hubby today. He has the kids and needs to get some reports out for work, all with his left hand out of commission.

Blessings to all,