Christine has been anxious to have something posted to YouTube. She thought the boys’ LEGO videos were neat, but she isn’t quite up to making her own. The other day she was dancing to Acapella, a new song by Karmin (which song Christine absolutely loves), and I told her I’d record it. Here she is, in all her dancing glory 🙂
On Monday I took Matthew and Christine to the dentist. This was Christine’s first time there. She was very good, and didn’t seem to be nervous. She was, however, very quiet once she sat on the chair in the exam room. We might need to get one of those chairs for home if it will keep her quiet!! 🙂
Here are a couple of pictures of her with Dr. Michalko:
The trip down could have been disastrous (the kids have never driven for more than 3 hours), but it wasn’t too bad. The first night we drove to Jeffersonville, OH, then the second day we drove to Macon, GA, and then on the 3rd day (Day 0) we arrived at the house in Kissimmee, FL. We arrived a little early, and so we went and got some groceries first. We then went to the house and swam.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Lisa drove to pick me up, and then I drove the rest of the way
Christine had gotten sick the day we left, so she was pretty grumpy and groggy during the trip. At night I gave her a blessing. I laid my hands on her head, and started by saying “Christine Lisa Wing” and she opened her eyes a bit and said, “Yes?” 🙂
Christine stayed in our room and the boys shared the second bed in Grandma and Grandpa’s room.
Friday, March 4, 2011
The continental breakfast at the hotel was quite good. We had bagels, cereal, juice, oatmeal, and waffles.
Grandpa drove for a couple of hours in the morning, and a couple of hours in the evening. Lisa drive for a few hours in the morning. I drove the rest of the way.
Christine was feeling better (not 100%, but better), but Andrew was miserable. He just didn’t get enough sleep last night.
We had hoped to swim at the Macon hotel, but it was an outdoor pool and was closed for the season. It wasn’t opening until Monday. It was too cold to swim anyway.
The hotel was much, much nicer than the previous hotel.
Saturday, March 5, 2011 – Day 0
The continental breakfast in Macon was excellent. Along with the standard muffins, toast, cereal, etc, there were also biscuits, eggs, and sausage rounds. We ate well, and then got on our way.
We can’t believe the number of anti-abortion billboards around. There must have been one every couple of minutes along the Florida Turnpike. Strangely enough, during the whole trip there were also billboards for strip joints or “adult” stores at almost every major rest stop.
Of course we were looking for license plates. Here is what we have seen so far:
For our Family Home Evening this past week we reviewed the year and talked about what we were looking forward to this year.
Here, in no particular order, is our list of things that were noteworthy in 2008:
Here are some things were are looking forward to in 2009, or things we would like to change (quasi-resolutions):
In case you were wondering, Graham and Andrew stayed up till midnight on New Year’s Eve. Matthew was allowed to, but was too tired to stay up so he went to bed. Lisa was obviously allowed to stay up, but slept on the couch for a couple of hours. Lisa, Graham, and Matthew were up for the actual date change at midnight.