Merry Christmas

I hope everyone has had a great Christmas. We have had a wonderful day. It started out this morning with Donald, Nathan and Me opening our presents and seeing what Santa brought this morning and we cooked a few things. Then we went over to Memaw and Granddad's for lunch and more opening presents. David and his family were also there. We had a great time opening presents. Our plan is to go to Texas on Monday and come back Wednesday. It will be a fast short trip but I know it will be a good one. Robert and Becca and their kids are planning on going to Texas tomorrow. And Shawn and his family will come down Tuesday for a visit. Nathan goes back to school on the 3rd and I guess things will start to get back to normal. I plan to start putting some of the Christmas stuff back tomorrow. It is fun to get it all out and decorate but I am usually ready to get it put back up and everything back in place very shortly after Christmas. I guess that is all for now I will try to get back on after our trip and let everyone know how it was and post pictures if I take any(which of course you know I will).

Christmas Break

Well we are officially on Christmas break. Nathan is out of school this week and next week. We have been running errands and just hanging out at the house and of course going to see Granddad and Memaw. We are planning on spending Christmas day at Memaw and Granddad's house. Poor Uncle David had surgery(hiatal hernia removed and then repair work done from that)and he can't eat solid food for a while so Memaw is going to make sure there is enough mashed potatoes and banana pudding for him. He is doing good recovering and said it is strange that he does not have constant heart burn or have to take Prilosec every day. We went to the state capitol a week ago and had a fun time then we went and drove through one of the big light displays. We are planning on going to Texas the Monday after Christmas for a few days. Donald's older brother, Robert and his family are going to be there, they live in New Mexico and his younger brother, Shawn live outside Dallas so we will see them also. So we are hoping for a nice trip. I guess that updates everyone for now. I hope everyone has a very wonderful Christmas.

Wonderful Thanksgiving

Hello to everyone I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did at the Hullett house. We had my family here and Donald's mom and Shawn and his family. We did have a nice Thanksgiving. I was a little disappointed in the Black Friday shopping. I think the stores ruined it when they opened early like at midnight because a lot of those people that were there at midnight stayed until 5:00 and got in line for stuff. So next year it might be different and we might not venture out until around 7:30 or 8:00. Rachel went with us this year and I was surprised to see her in the car at 4:30 when Mother came and got me. She was a trooper but I don't think it was as fun as she thought it would be so we will see if she goes with us next year. We did have a lot of fun though. Our ornament party is getting closer and closer it is going to be on the 11th and it will be our 8th year to have the party. We always have such a good time. Nathan is having a Christmas store at his school and I have volunteered to help at it. I am going to help tomorrow and Thurs. and maybe some next week. Well I guess that pretty much updates everyone on what is going on here.

Almost Thanksgiving

It is so hard to believe that it is almost Thanksgiving. We will have Thanksgiving here at our house like we do every year. My family will be here and Irene and Shawn and his family so we are expecting 15 people. Then of course Black Friday is my favorite day and Mother and I will be out early getting in the middle of the crowds and finding bargains(we will miss you Aunt Trish). Not much has been going on. Nathan is still doing alright in school he has had a few not so good days on being good but his teacher is so sweet and says everyone has some bad days. But overall he is doing good. We did buy an iPad because they use one in Nathan's class and we knew he would be able to use it and he really likes to get on it and do the stuff that is on there for him. Of course I am really enjoying it also it is really nice. Nathan just has to go to school two days next week he is out on Wed., Thurs., and Friday so we are going to have fun. The weather has started really cooling off and we have had some real cool days. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Trunk or Treat

We had Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot last night. We had a lot of fun. Nathan was dressed like a knight. It is hard to find a costume for him because he does not like to wear masks or hats or like to have paint on his face. So the knight costume was great because it was just a shirt and pants. He was not to into getting candy but did have fun looking at all the lights people had in their trunks. The weather was perfect not too cold or not too hot. But it is a lot cooler today to hopefully the fall weather will start feeling like fall now and stay that way.

Also there was an awards assembly at school and Nathan got two awards one for perfect attendance and citizenship. I was a little surprised by the citizenship award because he has had a few rough days and was not so good. We had his parent teacher conference last week and his teachers said he is doing good and loves working on the computer. There was a progress note from his speech therapist and she said he is doing great especially with formulating sentences. So Donald and I were pleased. I talked to his speech therapist at the school Fall festival and asked her if she would always be his speech therapist as long as he was in the elementary school and she said yes. So that really makes me happy because Nathan really does like her.

I guess that is about all the new things that have happened here. We did go back to Magic Springs last Saturday and even bought our season passes for next year. We might go one more time this Saturday. Donald's birthday is Sunday on Halloween. He always said it was great to have a birthday on Halloween because you got gifts plus got to go trick or treating and get candy. We will probably to trick or treating Sunday night after church.

The Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch. It felt more like summer than fall. We had to pull our shorts out for the day. I am ready for it to turn cool and stay cool. We did have fun though. Rachel went with us and she picked out a pumpkin in the patch. We went on a hay ride to the pumpkin patch. We had a fun time. Rachel's birthday was Wednesday so we are going over to Memaw and Granddad's tonight for a small party. Rachel wanted tacos so Memaw is fixing tacos. So we have had a fun day. I hope everyone has a great week.

Nathan had his school picture taken yesterday. I told them not to tell him to say cheese. Because that is what he did last year and his cheese smile is not the best. We have to pay before we see the pictures so we always get the smallest package. We have the first parent teacher conference on the 19th. I am going Friday to the Northwest part of the state for War Eagle(a big craft thing) with Memaw and her friend(they go every year). We are leaving Friday and spending the night and coming home on Saturday. It should be fun.

Happy Fall Y'all

Well Fall is officially here. Actually it got here last week but it is starting to feel more like Fall every day. We went to Magic Springs for our final time until next summer today. During October they do something called Magic Screams during the day there is not anything scary just Fall and Halloween decorations but during the night is when the creepy scary things come out and they have some haunted houses and stuff. It was a fun day and the weather was wonderful. So of course we plan on getting season passes for next year also because we had so much fun during the summer going.

Nathan is doing good in school. Donald taught him how to use the computer the other day and use the mouse so now he knows how to use the computer all by himself. They are also teaching him the key board at school to type some of his words. It is so wild to me that he is just 7 and is learning how to use a computer. Memaw has been on an 11 day trip she gets back tomorrow afternoon. We have all missed her and are ready for her to come home. Granddad is getting strength back in his arm after his shoulder replacement surgery and doing very well. We are planning on going to a pumpkin patch next weekend. Then the next weekend I am planning on going to the Northwest part of the state and go to War Eagle(a huge craft thing)well we aren't really going to War Eagle just very close by and to some things that are like War Eagle. Memaw and her friend go every year and I am going with them this year. We will leave Friday morning and get back Saturday afternoon. It should be a lot of fun.

Well I guess that updates everyone on what is going on here. I will probably take some pictures next weekend at the pumpkin patch and post them. I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys this Fall weather.