Been awhile!!

Hi all! As you can imagine, things here have been busy. Nathan wanted to help write the last post, so I typed while he talked about what he wanted to say.
Lorna arrived safe Saturday afternoon. It was like 45 degrees, so she was in for a little shock. We headed back to St. Joe to meet Chris at Lowes since he was due to get off at the same time we were arriving into town. He showed her his department and then when we got home, I started finishing supper. We had Hannah's favorite meal, meatballs and macaroni and cheese along with some veggies. We finished the night off with watching Cars. Sunday was church at 8am. Sunday school at 9:30 and lunch at Cici's after that. The church Thanksgiving dinner was that night, so when we got home after doing some playing, I told the kids we needed to lay down for an hour. Usual bedtime is 8 and since I wasnt sure how long we would be at church, I wanted to make sure they werent' too tired for school. While we were resting, Chris and his mom went out for ingredients for our items to take with to the dinner. They stopped by Goodwill and bought the kids their own christmas tree. The kids were really excited about that and spent the afternoon decorating. Lorna and I baked while Chris went across the hall to Brett's to watch the Chiefs game. We went to the church dinner and Nathan made new friends with a man named Michael who drew him a picture of a train.
Monday was taking the kids to school with Lorna. Chris had off and I was watching Abram. Since Lorna and Noel will be in Tennessee taking care of her parents all their Christmas break, she wanted to get everyone's Christmas gifts while she was here, so we could keep them here. So, we went shopping all Monday. Chris and her were having a blast. I am not a big shopper, so I kind of felt like a damper, trying to keep Abram out of breakable things and give my two cents. Abram liked Lorna, so it made a nice trip to the store overall. We picked up Hannah and then Nathan. I had prepared Heidi's chicken casserole ahead of time and we had that for supper. A regular nights schedule of stories and baths before bedtime. After the kids were asleep, it was gift wrapping time.
Tuesday, Lorna's last day with us, we went to morning storytime at the library and then she met Nathan at school for lunch. She came back to take a nap and then she, Hannah and I went back to Target to get Chris' christmas gift. She took us out to Rib Crib for supper that night. We were sad to see her go. It was really nice letting her be a regular part of our lives. Lots of good memories made. Chris took her to the airport at 5:30am Wednesday morning to fly to Oklahoma City.
I had Abram Wednesday and we played at the house. Nathan had an early out, so he got to play some with Abram before picking up Hannah. We headed home and played outside a little. Then it was inside to read a little and do our chores and recover from our visit with grandma. We opted the daily jobs while she was here, so we caught up.
Chris had to work till midnight, so we decided to eat our own Thanksgiving dinner together and then the kids and I would head to mom and dads since Chris was going to have to work all Friday and Saturday. We went to Grandma Ferdinand's friday for a dessert. Saw a lot of people I haven't seen in years. Brent and Katherine Stirtz were there with their 3 kids. Louisa is 6, Adialine is 4 and Benjamin is from China and is 18 months. My kids had a blast with them. They promised each other that they would always be friend. It made the visit really sweet.
Saturday we played outside with grandma and grandpa before heading home to eat supper with dad. We re-set the chair swing in the tree, and got the mini basketball hoop out. Dad's old wagon took the rocking fish for a ride and tree climbing, leaf pile raking and swinging.
I also helped mom a little on working on a family history book that mom is trying to re-do from Grandma's pink notebook. Some really neat stories. I am looking forward to the finished project.
When we got to St. Joe, we went to sonic for supper on our way to a surprize. Holiday park lights!!! Sunday was church again. My last sunday for the quarter. I am sad to see it over. So is Rebecca! We have volunteered to check kids in this next quarter so we can continue to see the kids. We moved about 5-7 up. We hope that will help Hawley this next quarter in there.
We played outside all afternoon since it was so nice.
Today was school again and I had Abram. He helped me grocery shop. He really was a good help. He napped as we cruised Target for some necessities. Picked up kids and watched Thomas while having a snack. Read books, and ate supper and called it a night. I have a lazy cat on my lap right now and Chris is working on his homework. That is about it.
Tomorrow is library day and Wednesday is another field trip for Hannah! Friday I go walking with Margret, so it looks to be a nice week.
Hope this finds all of you doing well and looking forward to the holiday season where we remember Christ's birthday and the meaning of all that to our salvation!
All our love!