As a side note, for those of you that recieved our Christmas letter, we obviously were not in the right state of mind and we stated that our 2009 was a busy wedding-planning season. No, we are not planning on getting married again (although another honeymoon would be okay with us). So, spread the news: Texas has brainwashed us and we don't even know what year we're living in :)
In other news, I am rejoicing because I am officially on winter break! I can't brag too much as Phil is on another 9-day stretch at work. Today, he is 3 days into it, so when December 27 rolls around, he will be all smiles as he does not have to report for duty at the airport for a few days. We still don't know what we have planned for our Christmas festivities. I think we'll do a Christmas brunch (since Phil works the evenings of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day), but I guess this is the time to start new traditions, so we're trying to plan things out. My parents are coming in one week and I am anxiously counting down the days until their arrival!
The past few weeks have been full of decorating, writing (and messing up) our first Christmas letter, wrapping presents, shipping packages (we have officially kept the postal service in business), listening to Christmas music and just getting in the spirit of everything. Oh, and of course, I am sick once again. I cannot wait until my body is used to Texas and school germs. This time around, it was a cough, headache and severe ear infection. Once again, I went to the doctor and got put on multiple medications. The cough and other aches are gone, but I still have difficulty hearing out of my ear and there is still some pain. The deafness has worked to my advantage in some ways since the kids were very excited for Christmas, so instead of talking, they thought yelling screaming everything was the way to go. If it was loud for me, I knew it was blaring for everyone else.
We also celebrated my entrance to the quarter-century club this week. We are now a household of 25 year-olds (that act like 10 year-olds sometimes)! Phil just laughs when he sees how excited I get for my special day. Here I am with my new bike that he got for me. I guess I don't have any more excuses to not train for triathlons :) Thank you everyone for your warm wishes, thoughts and calls!
We hope everyone is having a blessed holiday season. Hopefully you all should be getting our cards in the mail soon (we're still addressing some, but they'll get out-- don't worry)! Merry Christmas and have a safe and happy new year!
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