Prepping

No, not prepping for doomsday. Christmas!! Jen was quite a rock star today, between shopping for the presents, wrapping the presents, and getting the tree set up to put the presents under. Bring on the Christmas season!!

Black Friday

It begins!! Currently in line to check out at Target while Jen and Shep wait for Kohls to open at midnight. Don't know if we are pulling an all nighter or heading home to sleep for a bit.

Thanksgiving 2012

Well, just as everything else this year, Thanksgiving was quite different for our family this year. Between moms broken leg, Kaleb being so sick, and my continued recovery, everyone stayed home this year. It was the first time we have ever spent the holiday alone. Pretty sad, but so goes this year.

We tried to make the best of it though. Jen did an amazing job with the turkey and all the fixings. The kids were huge helpers throughout the day. I cleaned up and did the dishes. Dessert is just moments away!

Teddy Bear ER

The new Poudre Valley Hospital ER and surgery center had their grand opening in Greeley on Saturday. To celebrate and make kids more comfortable in the event of having to visit the ER, they hosted a teddy bear clinic. So Sarabeth grabbed George the elephant and away we went.

The staff walked Sarabeth and George through an entire ER visit, from check-in, diagnose, and lab work, through the discharge and follow up instructions. We also saw the CT scan, surgery rooms, recovery and the inside of an ambulance. We were also interviewed by a reporter from the Tribune which appeared on the front page of the paper on Sunday!

Greek

Thursday was the annual Greek Olympics Day for the 6th graders at Frontier. It's a very big deal every year and the kids always look forward to it. Here is Andrew as a Corinth. As a weird coincidence, the teacher in charge of his group was Paul.

Party!

Just finishing up celebrating Noah's 14th birthday! We had a nice family party on Thursday with grandma and grandpa Roth and Meriah. Big Andrew even made it for the ice cream cake and presents!

Friday night brought the friends party, which included 6 teen age boys setting up an entire video game arcade in the basement. And eating. And eating. And eating. They are a great group of boys and we were thrilled to host the big party!