2019 :: week 1

December 30

We had originally planned on staying in San Antonio until Monday, but decided to leave Sunday after church instead. It had now started raining on top of being cold and many of the things we had wanted to do were outdoors. We went to church and then hit the road back to KC. The trip did not turn out like I hoped, mainly because we were hoping to escape the cold winter weather and it only seemed to follow us South. Even though it was a solid 20 degrees warmer in San Antonio than Kansas, it is hard to feel like an overcast 45 degrees is warm.

December 31

Because of our later post-church start to our drive home from San Antonio we got home pretty late Sunday night. We took things slow on Monday besides a little post-trip clean-up. It was nice. That evening we went to my parents' house for a small dinner and they had cheesecake square for dessert in honor of Tony's birthday. We rang in the new year around 8pm with the kids, and then Anthony and I watched several episodes of Jeopardy before going to bed. It was just what we needed, but all three kids asked why we didn't have a party. We are going to have to up our game next year.

January 1

The boys wrestled for a bit on New Year's Day. We had another quiet day and it was just what our family needed to recover from the go-go-go of the holiday season and our road trip.

January 2

Life started to return to normal on Wednesday. Anthony had to work and the kids and I had a more normal non-school day schedule. It was really cold, so we met our neighbor at the Foundry Church. They have an indoor gym and playground. Then we ran some errands and did our grocery shopping for the week. I had worked on a meal plan the day before and it was nice to fall back into our routines. That night Anthony had church meetings, Will had Cub Scouts and the rest of us went to the community center so I could get some exercise. While I prepared dinner, the kids had a dance party in the TV room. The John kids love to dance!

January 3

Thursday morning we had a great time at the Diggins' house. Carrie and I were roommates at BYU and always enjoy catching up with each other. Our kids get match up pretty well age and gender wise and got along really well that day. Will and Josh were born just as week apart in 2009 and love sports, Legos, pokemon and music. Lauren and Gwen are both in first grade and love crafts, dancing and imaginative play with various dolls. That afternoon we got to go see Mary Poppins Returns with Memaw. Another great day!

December 4

The kids and I finally got around to vacuuming our van Friday. The carwash I like to use was closed earlier in the week for the holidays and then extreme cold. I like getting the kids involved in the clean-up, especially since the biggest messes happen in their rows.

December 5

Another busy Saturday! We spent the morning discussing some of our beliefs with our neighbors who saw The Book of Mormon musical earlier in the week. Then Anthony worked in the yard and I worked on getting the rest of Christmas put away in the house. Elliott spilled half a gallon of milk on the ground in the afternoon which set me back a little bit. Will had a basketball game in the afternoon and they kept it close, even though they were playing with the minimal number of players due to a stomach virus terrorizing his team. Anthony turned the high beams on in our KIA while he finished up the yard work and Will took advantage and worked on his game too. By the time we went to bed we were all exhausted from a long, productive Saturday. Also, we saw on Facebook that one of our friends is in San Antonio this weekend for a "girl's trip" and she reported that it was in the 70s and gorgeous. I am trying not to let that make me too frustrated about the bad weather we encountered, but such is life!