Laid up for the weekend

Well, here I sit in bed for the weekend. I started a beginner's jogging class last month to get into shape but 2 weeks ago my knees decided to rebel against the plan. After a trip to the rheumatologist I was "reminded" that I shouldn't jog because it aggravates the arthritis. OOPS, my bad. Now I am paying for it. It gives me a chance to get updated on everyone's blogs. It is quite fun to see the pictures. I am also getting some time to get my Christmas cards finished. And watching old black and white movies.

December and Home Remodel

Well, It was MY idea to start remodeling 6 weeks before Christmas so I suppose I shouldn't complain that my house is a mess, I can't put up any decorations because they will be a dustball before too long, and I am going a little crazy. Here are some pics Hannah took today of the progress. We are actually starting to finish up. It should be done before January. The kids are very supportive and patient. The bad news is that I injured my knees last week and have had to stay in bed resting them most of the week. Now I have broken down and am using crutches to get around.

Kittens, Kittens, Kittens!!!

We are fostering ad new set of kittens. Six to be exact (and their mother). We have had them for 2 weeks. It is part of Sarah's Young Women's project. But we are all helping. The kittens are 3 sets of twins. And their names are Jade (mom) Churro (white kitten), Squirt (white kitten), Blaze (black kitten), Spice (black kitten), Sapphire (siamese), Cinnabon (siamese).

Lagoon August 14th, 2008.
Sarah, Hannah, and I went to Lagoon for the first time. We went with Lisa, Sterling, and Toft. It was a very hot day. Hannah and Sarah loved the Raptor Rapids (I think that is what it was called). It was a water ride that we got completely soaked. Going to Lagoon was fun because there wasn't really any lines. We got to do alot of fun things and eat funnel cake with strawberries, whip cream, and powdered sugar. Hannah's least favorite ride was the swings (shown above).
The next day Carl took Sarah and Hannah to Lagoon while I went to work. It was supposed to be a day for me to relax at home once I was done with work but I ended up staying there until 9pm. Carl and the girls made it home just 10 minutes before me. It was also our anniversary. Some anniversary!! But we had gone out to dinner with the girls earlier in the week to celebrate our 16th wonderful year of marriage. (sappy, huh?).