Happy New Year!!!

Can yo believe it? Christmas and New Year is over and now tomorrow school starts again. Jonmarie has went into a depressed state thinking about it. I am not too happy about it either. It also means back to work.
We had a great Christmas holiday. We stayed in Red Deer and the girls could hardly wait for Santa to come. It did look like a tsunami hit the place after all the presents were open. Matt got an Ereader and it is small enough to fit in the one hand. Nolan broke his hand so he was out of commission for helping clean up. Dad had stayed in Sask. The weather was great so the kids went outside for awhile.
On Dec. 27th Matt and mom took the van and Jacki and I piled all the kids into my van. Poor John, Gary and Nolan had to stay and work. The van was really loaded down and needless to say was filthy by the time we arrived in Weekes. The kids are such good travellers though, so I didn't mind too much.
On the 28th Grandpa had cut down an old poplar tree and the kids had so much fun stacking the wood. It was always fun when you are little, not so much fun when it was 30 below and you had to do it! They discovered a tiny hole in the creek where it was only a few centimetres deep and loved standing on the ice and watching the water bubble up.
Matt went for wings on Wednesday and had a good time. I would have went but Jonmarie had a severe case of strep throat and had a constant fever, sore throat, and was throwing up to boot.She was so upset she was sick on her holidays. And then Auntie Sandy, Shauna and Jada came to visit as well. Auntie Sandy had a bad eye infection and had to go into Porcupine to see Dr. Pieterse. Shauna wasn't feeling the greatest due to the pregnancy so we were a real fun bunch!!
Matt enjoyed going uptown for afternoon coffee to play crib. Sometimes they were there for 3 hours! Jacki and I just stayed home and worked, worked, worked! Mom was worked a few shifts at the nursing home so she was busy too.
On Friday Jacki and I helped Matt to stand with the standing frame and he stood for a good 1/2 hours. He took breaks in between standing but still did well. I noticed Matt is still improving with his transferring and is becoming more independent. His right hand seems to be stronger too. Jacki then made Matt fold all the towels. He did a great job. Jacki, mom and I then took the kids to the skating rink for the church's function. Shaunie learned how to skate! I was so proud of her. It was great to go to a small rink where the kids could just be kids without caretakers breathing down their necks. Bradon Kipling helped out alot. He also took Matt to the Weekes hotel for New Year's Eve, which was great because I had to drive back on Saturday to Red Deer and sure didn't feel like staying up too late.
Hope everyone had a great holiday and had time to spend with family. Thank you Lord for the blessings in 2010 and prayers for more to come!