January 2010

So hopefully I can keep up a little better this year.  January started out with Jojo’s 1st birthday. We had a small celebration on her birthday and then a family party on Sunday after Anna’s profession of faith.  I made my traditional 1st birthday cake.

Since us “widows” were a little busy putting together a wedding back in September when we usually have our pre-hunting scrapbook weekend we decided to schedule it in January instead.  Brenda was our gracious hostess this year and a good time was had by all even though we couldn’t all be there the whole time.  We decided perhaps hunting season was long enough to require both a pre and post-hunting scrapping weekend nest time.

Mid-January marked the end of the 1st semester of school for the girls which included saying farewell to their classmates as we began the new semester with the start of our home- school journey.  Poor Samantha had to come back the next week to give her final farewell due to contracting fifth disease (parvovirus) during the last days of the week.  We also had the opportunity to dog-sit for Uncle Darrell and Auntie Lindsey again however the dog’s didn’t get as much attention as usual due to the fact that it was bitter cold out.

Anna ended the month by taking hunter’s safety at Grandma and Grandpa’s church so look out come next hunting season,  she could be armed and dangerous!

Oh I almost forgot!  January also marked Samantha’s first “normal” test result for her thyroid.  After a year of steady increases (can’t do it too fast or it’s hard on the heart) she finally reached the normal level.  I can’t believe the change in her over the last year.  Both she and Jojo have changed a lot this past year.

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