November 29, 2005

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday Brendan and Kaelin! Happy birthday to you!"

It's hard to believe the Mylar twins are one year old today! I just love those babies.

I'm trying fast and furiously to get the past three weeks all into a couple of posts. Hopefully there will not be daily entries into this blog, or we'll be here for eternity.

We returned from our Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday, November 27. We had a great time! We left on Wednesday for Yoakum where we spent Thanksgiving Day with Todd's parents, Jill and her boyfriend Tom. It was lots of fun, with much time spent by Devin looking at the coupe and the hot rod. I think he and Grandpa spent more time out in the garage than they did in the house!

Thanksgiving day gave us a little scare, when I woke up that morning with some spotting. I called my doctor and the on-call nurse gave me a call back. She said it was something that they see a lot of in the first trimester and to not be too worried about it. "Just take it easy and don't push yourself." Well...if there is one thing I'm good at, it's relaxing! Dorothy made sure of it, too. I wasn't allowed to lift a finger and even got in a good two hour nap that afternoon! Now that's what I call a good Thanksgiving!

ZZ picked me up on Friday and she and I (along with the four Mylar kids) drove to Houston to see my Aunt Peggy from Kentucky and the rest of the family. Todd and Devin stayed in Yoakum and I missed them so much!

While in Houston, we did a lot of lying around, doing nothing. Again, my favorite pastime.

Thankfully, the spotting stopped about as quickly as it started and I have been able to resume normal activities again. I'm working my usual 8a - 12p schedule and spending quality time with the munchkin in the afternoons. Life is good.

Todd and I made the difficult decision to leave LifeTeen, the high school youth program we've worked with for three-and-a-half years. It was a tough decision, but one that was necessary. We've had so many big changes in our lives in the past few years that have slowly been giving us less and less time to devote to the ministry. It's not fair to the teens if we can't give 100% and because we can't, we've stepped down. We'll miss it so much. This weekend will be our last LifeNight and more than a few tears have been shed over it.

Okay -- I think I'm pretty well caught up now. As things progress, I'll write more!

Blessings.