Weekly Rewind 12/27-1/2/10

This past week has almost gone by like a blur, except I do have pictures to remind me of the things we actually did.  Right now we're fighting an unidentifiable bug that's brought a few of us down (in other words, everyone has different symptoms with a few in common).  But, the week started out beautifully as we enjoyed all of the extra time with Mountain Man.

~Monday we enjoyed the River of Lights.  Having our new camera allowed us to capture with exceptional clarity many of the displays.  Don't worry.  If any of our family actually visits us at Christmas, we'll be sure to take you!  (Hmm, it's been over 7 years since we've had family enjoy Christmas with us....)

Notice the absence of sweet Peep from these pictures.  About 20 minutes after arriving to see the lights, Peep broke out into the loudest of cries and continued until I could get her back to the van (about 15 minutes later which felt like about 2 hours because of the crowd  I had to get through and the many people observing that she must not be happy.....ya think?) :)  Scribe was gracious enough to follow me back to the van where we promptly warmed up Peep and fed her, and she was soon her happy self.

~Tuesday evening we enjoyed playing games and talking smack (well, just some of us) with our friends, the Heckendorns.  The children enjoyed playing outside, dressing up, watching some DVDs, and playing games as well.  We managed to leave their abode around 2:00 in the morning and got home almost an hour later because we ran into quite a bit of snow.  Can you believe that, except for Peep, all of our children were awake when we left to go home?

~Thursday we enjoyed spending the evening with our friends, the Radigans.  We enjoyed a yummy dinner together, played games, watched some football (well, the guys did), enjoyed delicious desserts, rang in the New Year, and finally parted about 2:15 in the morning.  Yes, we do have some crazy friends, don't we?  It was lots of fun, and we're hoping to make it a tradition to spend New Year's Eve together.  Here's an especially cute picture of the "pajama group" as they called themselves. (Elisabeth wasn't feeling well and had already fallen asleep.)

~Friday we enjoyed visiting with some friends at their New Year's Day open house, pretty much relaxing the rest of the day.  Yesterday Mountain Man and I enjoyed dinner and a movie.  Today we have a couple of children on the mend while Mountain Man and Scribe are hoping and praying to feel better soon.  Meanwhile, all of us are bracing ourselves for the return to "normal" as we know it, but Queen Mom thinks it might elude us for a bit longer. :)