I wandered into our bedroom to make our bed and found this. She is drawing and watching television though I suspect she would not notice if I turned off the television. The bed can wait.
Girl Scout Cookies!!!
It is that time of year again! Laura is selling Girl Scout Cookies! She has a goal of 300 boxes and has already sold ten boxes. Only 290 more to go! If anyone wants this super cute Brownie to sell them cookies, just let me know and we will get it done! There are eight different kinds of cookies for $4 per box. I can ship cookies to out-of-towners. Let the orders begin!
New Year’s Day!
Welcome to 2015 and the beginning of Year Five on this blog! This is post #1,450. I think that is quite amazing. All the memories that I would have otherwise forgotten. Yes, I know I don’t get each day’s post up here on time, but I never get more than a few days behind at a time and I always make sure to catch up! I am looking forward to the next 1,450! Now, on to New Year’s Day…
It was a nice, relaxing day around the Kassel house – football, friends, food, and drinks. We spent the day watching our Mizzou Tigers play Minnesota in the Citrus Bowl. The first quarter was scary, but Mizzou pulled it together to win 33-17. Then, Andrea and Kathryn Dothage came over to spend the evening with us. The kids played while the adults laughed and talked. We had a great dinner of Smoked Turkey Breast, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Stuffing, Green Beans, Cranberry Sauce, and Rolls. What a great way to spend New Year’s Day!
New Year’s Eve
It was a quiet New Year’s Eve as compared to year’s past. The Lowery Family came over to hang out and celebrate with us. The kids did their toasting about 10:15. All three thoroughly enjoyed their Sparkling White Grape Juice!
About 10:30, I noticed that Andy was falling asleep so I told him to go to bed. Despite a bit of protesting, he finally gave in. About 11:00, I noticed that Rachel was falling asleep so I told B to take her home, which he did after a few minutes. I put our kids to bed about 11:15 and then grabbed my Kindle for some reading. I made it into 2015 as the only one still awake in our house! Goodbye 2014! Looking forward to what 2015 has in store for us!
Toys R Us!
We took the kids to Toys R Us to spend their $60 each in gift cards from Grandpa Ken and Grandma Marilyn. As always, Laura knew what she wanted and headed straight to the Lalaloopsy aisle to get the “Color Me Trace E. Doodles Doll.” She also got a Barbie Tiki Hut to round out her money.
John took some time to decide. He had to look at everything. After much searching and wandering he finally settled on a “Cars” Mega Track Pack – Design and Drift Speedway for his first selection and a Nerf Zombie Strike Crossbow for his second.
All in all, it was a successful trip to Toys R Us and the kids are excited about their Christmas presents. Thanks Grandpa Ken and Grandma Marilyn!
Tooth Fairy!
The Tooth Fairy came to visit John last night and delivered two Transformers books. Needless to say, John was *very* excited!
Photo Gallery
Since I was not feeling that well today, but I really cannot stand just lying around, I decided to finally get to work on our online photo gallery. Andy upgraded the gallery a while ago, but I have been putting off uploading a year’s worth of pictures and doing some reorganizing. Let’s face it. It is a big job, but I have to stop making excuses and just get started. So, this afternoon was it. I feel like I made significant progress, but I know that I am still a long way from being finished. It is okay though because at least I finally got started!
