Review...

So much has happened in the last 10 days and I've only had time to blog about the really exciting stuff. Here's just a bit of what we've been up to:

Saturday Dec 13-Busy day; I didn't work out because Morgan took off to the annual Ward Turkey shoot. He had fun but ended up locking his keys in the car. I was just shuffling Jocelyn and Beckton out the door to a birthday party when he called. So I rushed Jocelyn over to Hero's for the b-day party; met the mother and left Jocelyn, went to hunt down Morgan and then chauffeured him one town over, onto a ranch to get his car. An hour later I was anxious because I intended to get a few errands run before picking Jocelyn up. The errands didn't happen but I did talk Morgan into checking out a wholesale furniture store close by the b-day party and guess what... I finally found the perfect sectional. We didn't have the truck and needed to make sure it would fit so we put off on buying at that moment, but I was completely relieved and excited! I've been aggressively searching for the perfect sectional; the right amount of traditional, modern, practicality and price. Prayed for leather but knew the odds of finding something that matched our current leather was slim, hoped for a gorgeous microfiber but everything I found was too modern and uncomfortable. We found a beautiful chenille with a very low tight pile, it cleans like microfiber and the style and color match wonderfully with the brown leather we already have! Yay! Okay back to our day; We participated in the last 30 minutes of the b-day party and Beckton was so sad that he wasn't invited. Jocelyn had a blast and has declared that her 6th b-day with be at Hero's. We rushed home so Morgan could shower, still greasy from the shooting activity, and he ran off to work the concessions at the college graduation (pool board fundraiser)! He came home 7ish and we rushed to the furniture store, closing at 8, to buy the sofa, beg for a cash discount and carry it home.
Sunday Dec 14- Lots of church and lessons... We planned on attending the Stake Christmas concert, didn't happen. It was at 7:30 which would have worked, but Mondays are always hard and if the kids don't get to bed early on Sunday the whole week is a bust! We'd have liked to go and support those singing, I'm sure it was gorgeous. We have some awesome musical talents in our ward!
Monday Dec 15- Jocelyn was sent home from school, again! This time she threw up after lunch. No fever, headache...nothing. Just threw up. Felt fine once she was home. Jocelyn throws up more than anyone I've ever met. I remember was a disaster her car seats were when she was younger. I'm starting to wonder if maybe she has food allergies? She whinned herself out of Karate too!
Tuesday Dec 16 - Daisy scouts was at our house this night. The girls have all learned/memorized their promise (On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law) and have earned their center daisy petal by doing so. Jocelyn is loving girl scouts and all the new friends she's made. We had a gift exchange (Beckton cried because he didn't get a gift to unwrap) and worked on earning our green petal, considerate and caring, by bringing food donations for the local food pantry.
Wednesday Dec 17- Beckton had preschool. We focused on the letter "E" and the color pink. The created egg shell elephants and got to wear "slinky" elephant noses. Beck is really enjoying preschool, all the kids seem to look forward to it and have a lot of fun. We went caroling again for YW, this time we went to a nursing/rehab home. Again Jocelyn loved being with the "big" girls and talking their legs off! Morgan's scouts were working on knots and had pizza and ice cream, so Beckton was in heaven!