I am officially a bad blogger. I kept saying I would have more time after I finished my last class of the term but I have been done for a week and haven't felt much like writing. Probably because I wrote 4 papers in a week. Anyway, no more excuses!
Now, where did I leave off?? Oh right, my dad's basal cell carcinoma. I'm happy to say that I'm not mad anymore. I think I was initially very scared and anger seemed the best way to express myself. So many people have now told me that they had the same type of skin cancer and were fine that I'm sure my dad will be fine too. It is still infuriating that he doesn't see any reason to wear sunscreen but he is stubborn and isn't going to change and I see no reason to worry about his health if he doesn't.
Christmas - Christmas was wonderful and horrible all in one. The first family gathering was with my dad, Linda, Amanda, and Gary. We had dinner at Mitchell's, which I secretly don't really like, but go along with it since the rest of the family is obsessed. We had dinner, exchanged presents, and had a good time. I'm pretty sure Ella wanted to spend the night at the restaurant!
The second gathering was with my step-dad's family. He has nine brothers and sisters and getting together with them is always so much fun. Jason and I played Euchre against my dad and my aunt Maggie. They beat us. It was the first time Jason and I have EVER lost as partners and it was bitter! I'm sure we will need to have a rematch at the family reunion this summer. The host this year was my uncle Red. He cooked a feast! There were three different kinds of salmon which I'm still dreaming about and I don't even like salmon. We had so much fun, although there was a sad note when my cousin told me that was diagnosed with a very rare type of cancer. She had to have surgery a few weeks ago and the doctors had to take biopsies from several different places, including her bone marrow, but she is now cancer free!! It was scary for a few weeks though. I'm just so happy that she is going to be okay. Unfortunately, I really believe that things happen in threes...and so far that's only two cancer scares. I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but I feel like I'm just waiting for a third. Let's hope that doesn't happen!
The third gathering was at my mom's. This did not go very smoothly. You have to know my mom to understand this, but her idea of enjoying the holidays is stressing herself out over nothing and screaming at everyone in her path...mostly this falls on Andy but Jess and I get our fair share as well. This is going to need to be a seperate blog. I don't have the energy to go into it right now. It was a nightmare.
Christmas morning was hilarious. First of all, Ella came into our room really annoyed because she thought that Santa hadn't left any presents! I guess she was expecting the toys to be out in the open and didn't realize that all of the boxes of pretty paper contained toys. Then she was complaining that Santa was really loud that night and she heard him. Oops! I guess Jason and I need to work on our stealth! She wanted to play with each toy that she opened immediately but it didn't take much convincing to open a new present. The girls got a TON of stuff (they must've been really good this year). At first, we thought Ella's favorite toy was her Barbie grooming kit. She kept putting on her make-up, blow drying and brushing her hair, and painting her nails, but when she figured out how to work her digital camera she didn't put it down for days. Needless to say, we have a lot of pictures of random objects in the house! Seren's favorite toy was a giraffe that we somehow lost 3 days later. I have no idea where it is!
I think that's a good update for now. Much more has happened but it is past my bedtime :) I'll post more soon accompanied by pictures. Chubba is getting so big and I have a great naked picture that shows all of her fat rolls!! That's a must see! Goodnight!
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