Christmas Vacation is Almost Over!

I wish it could last much longer--I guess I'm a little like Garrett. When I was taking down the tree, he said, "Oh, no. I want Christmas to last forever!" The two week vacation and all the events have been so wonderful, but come Monday morning, it's back to work and school for everyone, except Isaac and Amy.

We got to do one final fun thing during the vacation--we went with Craig and Cassie to Chuck-e-Cheese. At first, it was fun to just watch the kids playing.

But soon, everyone got in the act--especially Craig and Cassie!

One of the workers said he had never seen anyone win so many tickets on "Deal or No Deal" nor be so excited as we all were when Craig got down to the final two suitcases. He chose right and took the deal and won a grundle of tickets.
Then he and Cassie had to take each other on in the basketball shooting contest. It was very exciting. Can you tell how competitive they both are! But finally, Craig won the jackpot by getting the most points in shooting baskets in a certain time limit. All of a sudden the sirens were going off and people were cheering. Seriously, it was amazing!

Garrett and Isaac got to pick their "enormous" gifts, and we all went home happy.
Saturday, we have worked in the garage and cleaned out one storage unit for Jeff and Amy. Not so fun, but very rewarding. Everyone is dead tired, and Craig and Cassie still had to drive home an hour and a half. Thanks, Craig and Cassie, for all your help!

Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. will come too soon!