What a week!

The past ten days or so have been a whirlwind. Let's go chronologically.

On Friday Nov. 21 the kids and I picked up Matt at the airport from his two week trip to Mexico. Then we continued on to Grand Rapids. Matt traveled for over 12 hours and the kids and I spent 4 1/2 hours in the car. It was a relief to be out of there by time we got to Grandma & Grandpa's house.

Sunday, our nephew Will was baptized. So the day was church, baptism, party, drive home. The kids slept for part of the drive and then weren't exactly ready for bed when we got home.

Monday was business as usual, sort of. We still only had one car due to the window problem in the truck and my phone had issues and wasn't working. Thankfully Katie helped me out and drove us home from school since Matt had to go to work for a while.

Tuesday Matt and AJ went to AJ's Thanksgiving feast at school. Then Matt spent a portion of the day driving to Willow Run airport area to get the window part for the truck. He was able to fix the window faster than the time it took to track down and pick up the part. In the evening, AJ attended a birthday party for a school friend at Bounce House and I got in a quick workout while that happened.

Wednesday, we packed for the upcoming weekend and I had a doctor appointment. So we all piled into the car and Matt took the kids for White Castles while I had my appointment and then we were off to Grand Rapids again.

Thursday-tons of food, fun with family. I am thankful to have not only my family, but the Plys who love me like their own.

Friday Matt and I shopped for Christmas gifts for the kids. Luckily they're not old enough to demand certain things and we got it all done at Target in about an hour. A relatively relaxing day.

Saturday was a decent day with sun and the temperature was in the upper 30s, so we hauled the kids to the zoo. Great time. I loved it. The kids did too.

Yesterday was our nephew Brady's baptism. Again, church, baptism, celebrating at Andy & Nancy's house. The snow started during the baptism and made for a long drive. We went slowly and got home safely late in the evening.

I hope your holidays were spent with loved ones!

Matt left for Mexico again today-this time for a 3-week stretch. We'll get to see my family more for a few weeks since we don't have any more events until Christmastime.