Monday, January 18, 2010

The Weekend in Bullets ...

Some quick thoughts regarding the weekend ...
  • Hit the slopes with Woods school on Friday. Strange conditions, icy, but not a film of ice, the snow was icy, but not just in a "this is man made snow" kind of way. Made it fast. Also it was pretty hard to see because the sky was so gray. Tim did well. Emma was really hesitant, but got some confidence back at the end of the day.
  • Big family meal/Christmas in January Friday afternoon at our place. Good times.
  • Had the church youth sleep in our basement that night as there wasn't enough room for them at the inn, er, Covenant Harbor for their Deep Freeze event.
  • Took my folks to O' Hare to fly to Cancun for a week early Saturday morning. Man, what a comedy of errors. They over slept, then we had to back track (only a few blocks) to get my dad's passport, then I missed the O' Hare off ramp and we had to drive about 10 minutes out of our way because there were no off ramps for a long way! They made it, and now we have stories to tell ... I imagine they are sitting on a beach at this point in time!
  • Spent the day and night at my sister's in Crystal Lake. Timmy had a bit of a meltdown, in large part because of being over tired I think ... he had a long week! Cyndie and I talked about it some last night, and realized that half the battle is staying on top of his mood, and giving him some alone time when he's approaching meltdown. I think we'll be able to handle that better in the future. The big activity for the afternoon and evening was playing Rockband, my brother -in-law's new PS3 game.
  • Sunday's excitement was the Vikings putting the hurt into Dallas. It was a great game that we watched with a bunch of friends.
  • Emma finally got her girl scout sash, and Cyndie put all the patches on. She's excited to wear that today to her scout meeting.
Now it is January 18, which means ... Cyndie's birthday! We all have a busy day today, but Cyndie was able to get some time with a friend in this morning, and we're planning to go out for a meal after girl scouts this afternoon.

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