This Christmas was a Plan B occasion. Bre and I planned on staying the night Christmas Eve at mom and dad's home. Then, the day after Christmas, mom and dad were going to drive to the beach to vacation at a rental home with Trav and Ty and anyone else willing to make the trek. Plans were changed as this Christmas vacation turned into THE SEASON OF MAJOR SICKIES! Mom got the flu so bad that she nearly passed out at the doctor's office a couple days before Christmas. Once she returned to the land of feeling human again, dad came down with the same illness.
So Bre and I stayed in Kennewick and put together a last minute Christmas dinner with our Christmas Costco gift cards from the folks (thanks a million!). I admit that I am glad I ended up hosting in this last minute manner because I probably would have stressed about cooking my very first turkey dinner had I been given more time to do so. Under the circumstances I just picked up the grub and put it together and Bre contributed half of the meal and it turned out yummy! It really helps that Bre owns every kitchen gadget known to man, so she had a turkey-cooker-grill-thingy that made for a delish bird. So, I was patting myself and Bre on the backs for pulling off our first holiday meal all by ourselves like real adults. Yay!
The day after Christmas I was down for the count with laryngitis. Eric had it the previous week. The kids caught colds/coughs, and Henry's goopy eyes continued to worsen. He's had a goopy discharge from him eyes for his whole life, and we thought it was a stubborn clogged tear duct. However, when we visited the doctor a few days before Christmas they took a swab of his discharge for the lab to look at. While we waited for the lab results, we were given a medication to put in his eyes, but it didn't help. The next week, we got a call from the doctor for a new prescription that is helping. Anyway, Bre and her kids are fighting sickness now. The worst of it is my little niece who ended up sick in the E.R. on New Years. We're still waiting to find out what that was all about. So, it's been a dumb health season not only for us, but for many of our friends as well. I'm happy to report that we are well now, but I'm a little worried about what will happen with school starting again tomorrow.
Now it's 2014 and our family has made some resolutions. Tate wants to do a kind deed for a friend every day. Sweet child. Avery's goal is to go to Great Wolf again. I'm saving up because I'd love to go again, too! My goal, as usual, is to do family home evening every Sunday night. I'm making a plan and it will happen this year! Eric's goal is to hit the gym at least 4 times a week, and to throw up after every dinner. Happy thoughts =) Obviously he's kidding about the puking part, I would never let him waste my good meals that way!
