Well the last week has been quite busy. Here is how it went down:
December 16th, my birthday - Got up that morning at 3:30 am(I know crazy)worked on some Christmas tins, exercised on treadmill, showered and then Art and I left to head over to his office so he could give me a full chiropractic treatment. That's what I requested for my birthday gift. After the treatment we went to Mi Ranchito(my favorite)for lunch. Following lunch we went over to Hobby Lobby and bought some stuff. We then headed back to Art's office where I dropped him off. I then headed up to West Valley to pick up Carson. On the way to pick up Carson there was an overturned Diesel that blocked the freeway. I was stuck in traffic for 1 1/2 hours. It was horrible. Finally picked up Carson. Sammie and Ray gave me family photos, which were adorable. Carson and I then headed to Provo to pick up Art, so we could go to the mall and get Carson's photo taken with Santa. Before we got his picture taken Art rented a stroller that looked like a car. Carson Loved it.
We then went to where Santa was going to be. While Art waited in line I changed Carson into a cute little outfit for his pictures. Carson wasn't to Happy about being on Santa's lap, but the photographer was able to snap a good picture before he started crying.
December 17th - Woke up at 3:40 am(What's up two days in a row). Finished up the Christmas tins, exercised and showered. Carson woke up around 7:00 am, got him changed and fed. We then spent most of the day just playing with his new Christmas toys(had to give them early since I wouldn't see him on Christmas)
At 3:30 pm Raelynn came over to Watch Carson, so I could go to Salt Lake for a work Christmas party. I really had a fun time with all my co-workers, but by this time I'm really exhausted and it just started to snow. Made it home and Carson was in bed, yeah! Talked with Raelynn and bit then she went home and I hit the hay.
December 18th - Woke up to a quite a bit of snow and it was still snowing. We were suppose to go up to Grandmothers, but Carson wasn't feeling well, I was exhausted, and with the weather, I just didn't think we she go. Called mom to let her know and she agreed. She called Grandmother and let her know we would be up another day. Poor little Carson was just not feeling well at all. Stuffy nose, runny eyes, and rash. I tried to comfort him as much as I could. We mostly just chilled out for that day.
December 19th - Carson didn't sleep well during the night, so we are both pretty tired. Sammie and Ray came to get him around 10:00 am. We exchanged Christmas gifts since I wouldn't be seeing them on Christmas. They gave me a gift card to Bath and Body works, which I really love.
December 20th - 23rd had to work. Can't believe how busy I was Monday - Wednesday. You would have thought more people would be on vacation. We also had a ton of snow starting early Monday Morning and it finally stopped after about 36 hours of snowing. We ended up with 20 inches of snow.
On the 22nd Mom and I went up to Grandmother's house. On the way we stopped at Michael's, because Missy and her family had given me a $50 gift card and I had 20% off entire order coupon. I really stocked up on stuff. I found some wonderful votive candle holders, so I bought those and then some other jars and containers. Got to Grandmother's house and Darren and his family were there along with Jen's kids. It was really nice seeing them and loved chatting with them. By the time we were headed home mom and I were quite hungry, so we stopped at KFC and picked up supper for us to take home. Mom dropped me off and I went in and ate, loved and fed my doggies and then crashed big time.
On Thursday it slowed down, so I quit work earlier then I had planed.
December 24th - Hung around the house working on my puzzle and trying to decorate the wall in my bedroom by Carson's bed. I'm trying to make it look inside the ocean, but not sure I'm doing such a great job. Jon, Stacie, Jadeyn, & Jessie stopped by to visit and exchange gifts.
Raelynn came and picked me up at about 4:15 to go down to Mom's for Chili and scones. It as yummy as always. We then played their new family game called "Would you rather" It was really fun. Mikelle was the winner. Jon and Mikelle took me home. I watched a bit of TV and then went to bed.
December 25th - CHRISTMAS - Woke up about 4:30 am. Had to sneak into the bathroom with the dog's treats and fill their stocking. Didn't want them to know what was going on, after all I do have three hound dogs with really good noses. I managed to get the treats in the stocking and the stocking returned to his hanging place. It only took a few minutes before they were sniffing around for the treats. Penny could actually reach the stocking with the tip of her nose. It was really cute watching them.
I ended up locking them out of the living room until Art came home. Once he got showered then I video taped the dogs as he gave them their treats.
After the dogs ate some treats Art and I exchanged our gifts. We had set a $25 limit for each other. I gave him some goodies, plus a $25 gift card for Olive Garden. He gave me my favorite hand lotion, Shea Cashmere and also Shea foot cream. He then had another gift, which was a beautiful Crystal Lotus flower.
After relaxing a bit I headed over to Mom's at 9:00 am. Raelynn and Lori gave me an awesome Dolphin Pillow Pet, Jon and Mikelle gave me a Michael's gift card, and Mom gave me some candy and $100. After playing Monopoly Deal, we at lunch - turkey, ham, rolls, jello salad, olives, chips, celery with cheese spread - overall wonderful meal. I left mom's at about 1:15 to go change and pick up Art at the house.
We then headed over to Aaron and Heidi's house. They have a cute little house and two wonderful dogs. Would have loved to steal Oscar and bring him back home. Stephen and Amanda were also there. We stayed for a bit and exchanged gifts. Heidi got me some really great smelling Twisted Peppermint lotion. After that we headed home where Art went back to sleep for a few hours. I fed the dogs, watched TV and worked on my puzzle. Went to bed around 8:00 pm.
December 26th - Up at 5:00 am - just chillin today and updating my blog.
