Christmas wrap-up

Oh my!  The whirlwind that was the holidays has ended.  I am almost caught up on my housework. I finally caught up on the laundry just yesterday. It went down like this:

12/21 - kids finish school

12/22 - 12/23 - prep for Christmas
12/24 - 12/25 - Celebration!!

By 11:30am on Christmas morning I was already wiped out, so I laid down in Kara's bed (quite comfy) and took a long winter's nap. We did Christmas by ourselves this year and, guess what, it was kind of boring!  We did go share dessert with friends Christmas night. We will definitely do things a bit differently next year.

12/26 - Frantically clean for company (California cousins).  Company arrives 3 hours earlier than expected (you know who you are!) so house is 3 hours dirtier than expected.  Oh well!

12/27 - Visit my sister Shauna and her fam who moved up north near Portland.

12/28 - Welcome my parents. Now the party really starts.

12/29 - 12/31 Do fun stuff. Mostly stay inside. Eat lots of good food. Play games.

1/1 - 9:00am - Say goodbye to company.  Try to start laundry and clean up.  Fail.

1/2 - 1/4 Go to Great Wolf Lodge in Washington to relax and play for a few days.

1/5 - 1/6  Try to finish laundry, put away Christmas, and clean house.  Fail.

1/7 - Finally start cleaning.  Starting to look better!

1/8 - Kids go back to school!  Life is normal.  Take a really long nap.

And there you have it.  Now we're 1/3 through January and I've barely got my head above water.  But it was so much fun.  The best part?   Kyle stayed at home until 1/5!  He hasn't taken time off like that in years. It was amazing.  He did a little bit of work at home, but not much.  Probably not enough, if you ask him, but we were all very happy to see him. Kate keeps asking where he is during the day.

The weather has been quite nice here for January, so 2013 is shaping up to be a good one!
Happy New Year!