Oh My Gosh! It's Almost Christmas!!

Every year around this time (a little earlier every time I'm convinced) Cheryl's family sends out emails regarding Thanksgiving and Christmas. It really freaks me out. It's still October, we haven't even had Halloween yet!

The non-planner in me just really thinks, "Hey, we have two months before Christmas, what's the hurry?" But I'm glad that somebody thinks about this stuff or I would be sitting at home a few days before and think, "Holy crap! How are we gonna' pull this off?"

So now that the Holidays are right around the corner, it's hitting me that this is the first time in my life that I will be visiting Detroit for Christmas. Not a huge deal, but we've had quite a year since the Holidays last year. Cheryl wrote a nice little Blog about what has happened over this past year. But everything feels different.

For the first time in my entire life, my Mom and Dad came to stay with us. That was so cool. They ate and slept and showered in our house. They came to church with us and hung out watching our TV and I got to control it! I even got to tell my Dad that if he didn't obey the rules of the house I would kick him out... of course my rules are very easy to follow, but how fun was that?!?

Jim, Phiona and her mother were here the weekend before that as well... we can't wait for the kids to come and visit next time.

It was really nice having family visit with us in our little town.

We miss everyone and would love to see all of you soon. The drive is not too far and Ohio ain't so bad after all. It may get ugly down here when Michigan beats OSU on November 18th, but it'll be a lot of fun that's for sure.