The goose is getting fat.

Christmas is really coming. We have had only part of our Christmas season completed and what fun it's been! It all started when we got our tree on NOVEMBER 30!!! Have you ever heard of such a thing? It's still kickin' and I know it's because of all the mild weather we had the past 2 weeks. Then we had several parties early on...Young Life white elephant, John's office party, and my college girl's Christmas party, and our Sunday school party. The Barnes' were here this past weekend for a special Christmas dinner with them. Yesterday I had my 2 choir performances, which went well despite my 3 week cough and cold. I was able to sing every song without coughing. I even sang a few songs with a cough drop in my mouth-that's how bad it was! We did 2 hours of Christmas shopping last Saturday-big mistake. John was so ready to put the family up for sale. We'll never do that again. We did the "lights at the zoo" to celebrate a friend's birthday and saw a 20 minute 4-D version of The Polar Express while there. This week Rowan has his Christmas program at school and then we're off to Chicago! Will post more when we return!