A Bit Behind

I'm sooo sorry for not updating in a while. Things have been a bit busy, and then I forget to bring pics to work to put them here. We had a fabulous time at my Nana's house for Thanksgiving. It was definitely weird not having the Berea clan there. But nevertheless, at least we could almost all fit at one table. There was lots of food and card playing. We got home really late on Sunday, then I went to work Monday and after work hosted Alex's birthday party. Talk about not having time to prepare! But it all came off just fine. He is really stoic and shy, so it doesn't look like he's having a good time, but he was. And I enjoyed having the fam and friends over, thank you all for coming. Then the next morning, mom and dad took off with the kids to the other grandparent's house in Branson. So last night Frank and I had the house to ourselves and took the opportunity to get the Christmas stuff down from the attic and got almost everything set up. You really need an engineering degree to get the pre-lit tree lit, so it will be a few days till that one is done. I don't understand, but half the lights on the dang thing don't work! I think next year I will cut off all the strands that came on it, and string it myself. Anyway, hopefully this evening I'll remember to post pics from the weekend and from the birthday party. Oh, and Happy Birthday also to Ireland. We tried to call Saturday, but couldn't get through for some reason. Too bad you all couldn't come this year, but hopefully next year things will settle down a bit. Love to all!