On a brighter note, despite all the sicknesses, it was a good break! Christmas was amazing! Layla is 4 and Ava is 2, which are such cute Christmas magic ages. They loved each gift they received and everyone was happy and healthy! Alivia (5 months) was there, but not even old enough to sit up on her own, so I can't say she really enjoyed it...she was cute as a button though!
I think my favorite part of Christmas was the gift Layla got for me. She is in Pre-K this year and they had a Santa's Workshop there. I gave her $10 and told her she had 5 people to buy gifts for and she was not to buy for herself. She came home that day with exactly what I told her to get, and selected each gift specifically for each family member. She even wrapped the gifts herself and put them in the appropriate stockings. She couldn't have been more proud and excited...until Christmas morning. She gave everyone their gift, but when it was time for mine, she couldn't wait. I opened it up and found a box with a silver bracelet and a "diamond" charm with a "J" on it (It's in cursive, so I don't think she had any idea it was a "J". We are saying it's for "Jesus"). She told me that when she went into Santa's Workshop, she saw that bracelet and thought, "That is the prettiest thing here. My mom would love that." She said that she hurried up and bought it before anyone else could. She was so happy to give it to me. It was so sweet and made me tear up. That was the best.
After Christmas all of the sickness came. Chris got pneumonia, Layla was fevered and coughing, my dad was coughing, my mom was coughing, it was miserable. We somehow got all of our Decorations down and cleaned the house, but with my sister and her family being in from Florida, it was so tough to keep everyone away from each other. New Year's was supposed to be a nice get-together with family and friends at my house, but we had to cancel. It ended up being nice though, with just my family. My kids slept later than they ever have in their lives and it felt like a great beginning to a New Year.
The next few days consisted of seeing my sister and her family and getting reading for my youngest sister, Lauren's wedding.
The wedding was yesterday, January 3, 2015. Lauren couldn't have been a more beautiful bride. It's so hard to believe that time is flying so quickly that my youngest sister is a married woman! I don't like it at all!
Now it's Sunday and the last day of the break. It was certainly busy and great, but it has to end sometime! Tomorrow starts diets and exercising, cleaning and cooking again. I feel so blessed to be with so much family and have so much fun in my life. I'm happy about the fun times as well as the normalcy. Although, I've always got a countdown going for the next exciting thing!
-Kelly
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