My greatest blessings are the gospel of Jesus Christ and my family and friends. There are many other blessings I have that are wonderful and I appreciate them (roof over our head, health, employment...), but they wouldn't mean the same without the church and the people in my life. It really comes down to God and people.
Yesterday I was blessed to be able to talk to my sister, my parents...and I was surprised to find out my brother Kyle was also at my sister's and I got to talk with him! That was a big deal because I rarely get to talk to him and ever more rarely do I get to see him...it's been years since I've seen him. Even more years since I've seen my brother Scott (Glen hasn't even met him yet and we'll be celebrating our 21st anniversary this January). So, it was really neat...and as soon as Kyle said he had a facebook account, I just knew I had to give in and get one too. So, I'm looking forward to keeping up with him.
Yesterday we were blessed to spend the day with most of Glen's family over at his sister's house. Food galore, games, football, visiting, more food...it was wonderful.
Today I was blessed to be able to attend (I think) my first ever experience with black Friday. Glen and I didn't set our alarms, but when I woke up, I woke Glen up and we were at Walmart by 6 am and on our way home by 7am. We got each other MP3 players for $29 (instead of $45) leaving only 1 left on the shelf, got the last card table with 4 chairs set for $24 (our current one has only one chair left to go with it), and bought electric blankets for everybody. The crowd wasn't too bad and was in a good mood, and when we got home the only one who was up and even knew we had left was Alex.
I got Andrew's Christmas packages in the mail today. My sister-in-law gave me the idea to make Andrew a stocking from an old, small church shirt that's too small for Alex now. I sewed a piece of felt to the back. Eric helped me make a name tag (OK, he did everything but hit the print button)...too bad our printer wouldn't print black but only gray, but I still really like it. Santa's gonna put stuff like deodorant, dental floss, toothbrush, breath mints, a chocolate orange, hand warmers, etc. Nothing too exciting.I sent frosting and decorations. He won't be here for our traditional gingerbread house making, so decorating cookies will just have to do.
He was just transferred to Sioux City, Iowa and has already been snowed on there. He seems to be doing very well and, though we miss him, are very happy that he is where he is this holiday season.