Freezing Dinners

Saturday night was the church buffet. That went well. I had put together a few Office Max dancing elf videos using the faces of the pastoral staff and burned them to DVD. So I showed the videos after dinner and there were different prizes and contests. Fun night. I took a picture of us sitting at our table and sent it to Lucie. She missed being with us and we missed her.

On Sunday Ashleigh had to be at church very early to set up a PowerPoint presentation she made for the choir cantata. So we ran through that and then went to Dunkin Donuts for some coffee and donuts before church started. Things were pretty iced over and it was cold and rainy but not too bad. Ashleigh's presentation went very well. That night we went to a friends house for a little Christmas party. That was a lot of fun. Lots of food and desserts.

This morning at 6:40 when we left to take the kids to school, it was 13 degrees out! COLD! With a wicked wind too. I took them to school and raced home and went back into hibernation under the covers. After school I went and made about 20 laps around WalMart getting stocking stuff but I think I am mostly set now. The wind finally died down this evening. The golden retriever loves the cold - she lays out in the blowing wind for hours. Doesn't bother her a bit!

Lucie's uncle took a turn for the worse Sunday night. He developed a blood clot in his leg and his kidneys shut down due to dehydrations. They called the doctor and wound up calling an ambulance to take him to the hospital. He is in ICU now but is getting good care. Lucie now has a bad cold and is run down. I am hoping she can sleep better at nights. She is still planning on coming home Christmas Eve. Tomorrow is the last day of school for the kids before Christmas break.