Monday Musings

Friday evening was very neat....Youngest Brother stood up front and

looked like he had practiced the songs for 7 weeks, just like the rest

of the kids.

He did tell me that his heart was pounding when he looked out over the

auditorium.

Mom however, acted like she was at the first event ever...took her

camera and forgot to grab the camera card from the computer....so now I

have to find the cable to connect the camera to the computer >:o

Saturday, was a wonderful day....we spent the afternoon with dear
friends. We became parents together almost 5 years ago in a city on the
other side of the earth. The girls see each other about 4 times a year
and take off playing as if it was just last week. One of the girls got
sick on the way to the party so she was missing this time....
These dear friends decided they needed to give Youngest Brother a
welcome home party... Thanks guys! It meant a lot!

Sunday, our faithful old van left us sit. We were on the way to a family
Christmas thing...and suddenly there was a cloud of steam/smoke
billowing behind us....We pulled over in the nearest driveway and
discovered it, thankfully, was not engine oil, but water from a burst
radiator hose. We were in the drive of a family from school and they
helped us out with water for the radiator. We were able to limp the van
to DH's cousin and he was able to repair the van today. We missed the
Christmas function, but were able to just rest at home....something we
all needed to do.

I was so thankful that hose didn't decide to burst on Sat. when we were
flying 65 MPH on the PA Turnpike...or when I needed to get the kids to
school....

Youngest Brother sent me home from school at 9AM today! He stayed the
whole day so he could go Christmas Caroling at a retirement home. I
actually got some gifts wrapped today!