And they’re gone…

The last of our guests left this morning at 7:30 am.  My house is somewhat back in order, but there is still a lot to do.
We had 2 weeks with my folks and Jonathan.  1 with Alyssa and family and 5 days with Joseph, Jen & Alexis.
I’m exhausted. Beat. Tired. Drained.  In need of a vacation.
I can’t even begin to document all we did. so I’m just going to put up the pictures…I’ll let them tell the story.
oh…and Adam’s camera (You know the one that can live in a snow bank for 4 months? well it decided to die in the pool) so we’ll try and add those pictures later. Luckily somebody got a new camera

It was like his red rider bb gun.  He was so excited.

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So there you have it. we had fun. And this doesn’t even have pictures from the MSU bowl game; but we won’t talk about that.
Happy New Year!
2011 Here We COME!!

We survived-so far

Jonathan turned 21. We took him out two nights in a row; Once in Marco Island with my folks and then again in Ybor last night with Joseph, Jen & Lexi who had just arrived.

I have 8 people, 2 dogs and a baby at my house.  And my parents are driving up.  It’s crazy. It’s a mess ( I can’t walk into my room) We slept 3 in our bed last night. Joseph slept on the hard floor on our cesil rug (uggg!)

I’m back at work for a few hours-hopefully somebody will come to pick me up when I’m done….but until then we’re alive, happy, healthy and some (I’m assuming) are hung-over.

Christmas was a whirlwind-more on that later.

Family Game Night

Mom put together a pot roast in the crock pot and I fixed up some Cauliflower with sausage  (random I know) and we all sat down for a nice family dinner. 

Afterward we decided it was time to play some games.  We’re usually an all Cards family, but mom wanted to play something different and I have a closet full of games.

So this is how our night went:

Mom chose:

Adam won by a very small margin-He was very happy.

FYI according to my dad FurFur is the hair between a polar bears toes.

Next was Jonathan’s choice:

I’m really good at this game-Like REALLY good. So I won by over 15 points.  (I use this type of game as a means to fall asleep when I have insomnia)

Since I won I chose:

We decided to do Girls vs. boys (there were only 2 girls, but 3 boys) I thought this was fair since mom and I are good at word games-and they had my dad (FurFur anyone?)  Well Jonathan-the kid who barely talks was kicking butt! And mom and I , well I think the wine had started to impair our ability to read/describe/function.  I described FLAME perfectly all the while my dad (who was watching my words) looked at me like I was nuts.  Bless his heart he finally said something and I blinked, looked and realized the word was FAME. oops.

In the end though the girls pulled it out and one by 1 point. ya!!!

We finished the night off with a game of euchre while Jonathan prepared his Super Mario Brothers skills.  Boys won both games.  Mom and I really didn’t care as we were ready for bed.

I enjoy nights like this and I wish we could do them more often.  Most of our friends live 45 min. away, so it makes it difficult to have impromptu get togethers.  So we cherish these times, especially with family, and look forward to the days when we’ll be closer to whomever and play games with our friends and someday our own children.

They’re coming….

My family.

They’re in Georgia right now…nearing the Florida line.  They said they wouldn’t be here until Tuesday (taking it slow) but they’re coming tonight!

Luckily I spent the weekend at home cleaning/sewing/preparing.  Adam worked all weekend so I had the place to myself.  I do feel like I got a lot accomplished.  All the presents are bought and wrapped, the sheets are clean and floors have been swept and swept again.

Friday night was my office Christmas party.  Tara was going to be my date since Adam had to work.  About 6:30, while I was curling my hair, Adam called and said he could leave work if he wanted. (it was a slow night) So he came home and we had a night out for the first time in a while.  It was a great party-too good seeing as I was a little slow Saturday morning.  I wish I had some pictures to share, but I forgot the camera. 

The holiday’s are upon us and it’s going to be a crazy week with my mom dad & no. 5 with us.  Then heading to Marco come Thursday. Fuzzy Nut's arrive Friday and will join us on the island. 

It will be a big family Christmas (minus no. 4 but he’ll be in town with the two gf’s on Wednesday-in time for 5’s 21st.) Lots of love, fun, food and swimming in the pool on Christmas day-just to say we did.

 

To all of you: Merry Christmas from the Young’s.  May your days be bright and your nights peaceful. Enjoy your family your friends and remember what is really important.

God Bless A+S