Ten for Tuesday

1. I started off the week by cleaning, laundry, packing, and running errands in preparation for our trip down to Tennessee.

2. I went in for radiation on Wednesday morning and than we packed up the car and headed out down south to a warmer climate. Savannah did a great job in the car again. She is such a good little traveler. We took a slightly different route than usual and got a little lost. I missed the street sign that we were looking for in the dark. We added an extra 30 minutes onto our journey trying to locate grandma's house. Luckily we had our GPS in the car.

3. Frank did some last minute shopping and the girls stayed behind to bake some Christmas cookies and sour cream twists. We watched "The Nativity Story" and than Savannah opened up her Christmas pj's and than we headed to bed.

4. The very next morning we woke up around 7am and than we opened up presents and than we ate breakfast. Savannah didn't open up any gifts but really enjoyed playing in all the wrapping paper and boxes. Afterwards the girls headed out to watch the Blind Side and than came home and had a nice Christmas dinner. Savannah joined us at the table and tried mashed potatoes for the very first time. We watched the "March of the Toy Wooden Soldier" and played games.

5. The next day us girls headed out to the mall for more shopping. We took advantage of all the store clearances. I did some Christmas shopping for the kids and than we stopped by O'Charley's for lunch.

6. We came back home and Jenny and the boys went to see the movie "Avatar". They took longer than we had expected and mom and I were at home waiting to eat dinner. We eventually reunited and than we headed back out to the Bristol Motor Speedway for a Christmas lights display. It was a long wait but worth it in the end. Frank and Dad stayed home and made pens together.

7. On Christmas evening we were playing Mexican Train and Jenny was watching the baby when the cat attacked Savannah. Apparently she was grabbing at his tail and he didn't like this and scratched her face. The kid is alright now and healing from her attack.

8. On Sunday we packed up the car and than we headed out to church. Frank and I left after sacrament meeting. I forgot we packed the diaper bag in my car and Frank was running late to church. I was hoping he would show up soon before Savannah had a meltdown and he did. That would have gotten pretty ugly if he hadn't shown up any later. We said our goodbyes and than we headed home. I realized right before we left that my car keys were missing. I searched everywhere for my keys and discovered that my mother had them in her coat pocket. I now am waiting for them to arrive in the mail.

9. The car ride home was pretty nice until we hit Indiana which is where it was starting to lightly snow and the roads were getting slick. Thankfully we got home safely it just took us a little longer getting home.

10. Apparently the set of keys that I had made the night prior to us leaving didn't work and our poor cat starved all week long. He was light as a feather when we returned back home and pretty hungry but he is now recovering from his tramatic event.

11. I finished up with my radiation treatments today. Hooray!!! I found Savannah eating a dead cricket that she had found on the floor that I hadn't had time to pick up yet. Luckily I was able to retrieve most of the cricket from her mouth.