Homesick

This last Friday I had the sad opportunity to attend the funeral of Jon Roy Meyer. The Meyer's are great family friends of ours. We grew up together and were also friends with his wife's family, Craig and Sharon Stevens. It was amazing to see so many there from the Sterling Alaska Ward there. I miss that ward more than anything and wonder, is that normal? Has anyone felt that way about a church they grew up in? Being around so many people that I grew up with made me super homesick for Alaska. It's a different kind of state with a different type of people...Back me up my AK peeps!

Ho, Ho, Ho!

To start off my blog - Merry Christmas everyone! I didn't have an internet connection for the last week and it drove me crazy because I couldn't update my blog or check anyone else's! I didn't think that I would be THAT person who is addicted to blogs and the internet, but I was having withdrawls!

We had a great Christmas. We stayed the night up at my in-laws house. They were all alone and we like going there! The kids got some pretty sweet presents from Santa. One of which was a surprise to Mrs. Claus, it was another PS2 game for Ethan. I am not a video game mom and no judgement to those that are, but the past 3 years, Santa has snuck a new Lego video game at the last minute. What a clever old chap! And we also got Nerf guns. I personally LOVE them. We had an all-out war with Bucky's sister and family on Christmas day.

We also got dumped on with the snow! Ethan and Evie begged and begged to make a snow fort. it was a pitiful little fort, but it was great for them! They loved it.

Addresses!

Addresses! I need everyone's addresses for Christmas cards! Please, if you want one!

Has This Ever Happened to You?

Question: What does toilet paper look like in the bathtub?

Answer: Egg Drop Soup

This is what I found "Devilyn" doing yesterday in the tub! I was doing dishes in the kitchen, and I came back 5 minutes later to find her swishing her hair "LIKE A MERMAID MOM!" in egg drop soupy water. It was disgusting to say the least. I drained the bathtub and was running her hair under the faucet and this stupid toilet paper would not come out! So I finished washing it and got the blowdrier out. No such luck. I wish I had one of those lice combs because I used 2 brushes trying to get it out. In the end she had a beautiful blow out and still chunks of white toilet paper in there.

And to make the story funnier later on I had to attend Bucky's Christmas party for work and I accidently grabbed said infected brush. I ran it through my red hair and suddenly became a Pert Plus commercial. White bits everywhere. :) I felt a little like an episode of I Love Lucy or something. I had to laugh at myself because who does that????

The Angel...(insert laughter here)

Today we TRIED to take an angel picture of Evie for Bucky's mom. Here are the results. If you know Evie you will understand the magnitude of the attitude in the pictures! They turned out cute, but in the end, the devil horns seemed more appropriate and she was the one who picked them out!

To Those Who Commented...

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last blog. It took a few days and one day of actually succumbing to the need to lay in bed with my head under the covers no less, to help me feel better. Thanks for all the good advice!

Yesterday we also did our Christmas decorations. I don't know what it is about this ritual every year, I guess I have high expectations, but somehow I end up pissed off. I think I have memories of my dad getting upset trying to put up the decorations on the tree. Is that right Massey siblings? Or am I repressing a memory that doesn't exist?

We tried to talk about the nativity when we put it up, the kids weren't interested, put up Christmas lights, which didn't reach the length of where we wanted them to go, BUT, it was fun in the end. Everything is done now. It's actually quite easy to decorate a teeny apartment. :) I love it. I actually enjoy living in a small space because it makes us closer. Bucky doesn't like it, but I like to hear my kids laughing in the next room. Or smelling the dinner you had the night before lingering in the living room the next day! :)

HELP!!!

Fellow bloggers,

To whom it may concern, I am officially in a slump. It is one of those barely hanging on slumps. The kind where you feel like curling up in bed and pulling the covers over your head. I am asking for advice. Any little tidbits! I am not looking for pity, but rather empathy. Have you been there? How did you deal?