Christmas!!

I really love Christmas...even though you always seem to get stressed and so busy that you don't really have time to enjoy it. Christmas this year was great! Very busy but Great! We had Christmas with my Mam-aw the Sunday before-just dinner because she would come to my moms to do gifts with us there. We had Blake and Trinity from that Sat until the 23rd-their mom wanted them for Christmas morning. Will worked Christmas Eve and we went to his Granny's that night. We had to check on his sister after she hit a deer but we then we had a nice cozy evening together with Tucker to rest up for the busy Christmas day. Will drove the 40 miles one way to get the kids at 8:30 that morning. He got back at our house with them around 10. We cleaned them up (they are always nasty when we get them) and opened presents together as a family. The kids got some good things...they loved their leapsters! We wanted to get them a hand held game but they really werent ready for psp's. The leapsters have good educational value too so I am glad they like them. Tucker got a tricycle which he loves although he cannot reach the pedals. I got a new camera and an ipod touch! I had my grandma make Will a blanket which he loved and I got him his GPS he wanted. We left our house at 11 (yes just an hour after they got home) and drove back almost in the same direction, to my Grandparents house. We had lunch with them. During which my nephew Caleb got bit by a dog and had to go to the emergency room. We were planning on doing my mom and dads christmas at around 3 but after waiting on Caleb and my sister to get back from the hospital we didnt end up really eating and all til around 6. I always love being at my parents house when we all are there. We just do appetizers at their house instead of a real meal so we just snack and visit. Cody and Caleb got four wheelers so we took ours and we all rode around the pasture. Every time Tucker would hear the four wheelers crank, he would go to the door and want to go ride. He loves them! We stayed at mom and dads and the next morning ran to Beaumont to exchange a few things and get a table from my brother. We stayed another night and did fireworks and came back home saturday. We returned home to all of our wrapping paper from Christmas day. Remember-we only had an hour. Ive spent the last few days getting the house back in order. We are having Will's family Christmas on New Year's since we have to wait for his brother and brother-in-law to come in. Then school will start back on Monday...EWWWWWW!!!!! I will post some pictures later!

Time Off

Well...last week was crazy. I was off all week and spent most of it back home at my parents. The 21st I went to see my nephew be in homecoming...hes growing up so fast. I stay two nights with my sister and then back to Lufkin. Monday I had an appointment at my eye doctor....ive been having these weird episodes with my eyes getting blurry and really bad headaches...well I just thought I needed glasses. The doctor however-referred me to a neurologist because he thinks it is something else. So I will be seeing a neurologist this coming week. Tuesday I went to get my step kids and drove straight from there to my parents. We had Thanksgiving there on wed night. Thursday I drove to my husbands parents for dinner there-finally got to see the hubby-and then after that straight back to get my mom and then to Beaumont to stay with my other sister and do Black Friday. Lots of traveling and Tucker was a pro! He did very well with the changes in schedule. Friday when I finally got home I didn't want to do anything but sit with my hubby and talk. He made me go get a new phone though-which is ok with me!
So this week-back to school. But the bright spot is that the 19th we get out for Chirstmas Break! YAY!!!!! I sometimes question my becoming a teacher because it is so stressful. But having those times off is great when you have kids. A lot of people think we are over paid babysitters and that we gripe too much about our hours especially when we get off for summer and all. But I have to say that we (most of us) deserve it. I get at school at 7 every morning and do not leave until at least 4 in the afternoon....I then take home papers and lesson plans to work on. I spend lots of my own money on supplies and I usually am planning or doing other things on those days off...I hate it when people think we do not really work!! It is all worth it when you see kids enjoy learning and see that light bulb go off. I cannot wait to see what some of my kids become as they get older...