General Update

Alright, now that I'm over my rantings I may be able to post something more interesting!

Thanksgiving: We had a blast! We went to Maine, of course, and stayed with Ed's parents. Our sweet little niece, Jocelyn, was there when we arrived. She was waiting with a big, happy smile for her Aunt Lisa to snatch her up and love on her!! What a cutie. I gotta tell ya, that baby is a keeper! It was good to be there visiting with our families! Ed's mom cooked and my parents and brother were there too. We ate too much and stayed up too late but we had a fun time! On Friday, my mom and I went shopping. The stores weren't crazy crowded which was good. And spending time just me and my mom was real nice. We went to Marguerita's in Lewiston for dinner with Ed's brothers. We had never eaten there before - can you believe that? It was DELICIOUS! My mouth waters just thinking about it! Saturday we went to my folks and decorated their Christmas Tree and had dinner. We played the Price is Right! What a fun game. I could get hooked on that one! We drove home Saturday night. Katie and Becky stayed overnight Friday at Alicia and Rachel's house. They had a blast!

Soccer Tournament: Veteran's Day weekend we were in Rhode Island for another (the last one) tournament. My mom and Ed's folks met us there. We stayed at a beautiful hotel in Warwick. Mom, Martha, and I went to Providence one night to the Providence Place Mall. Talk about HUGE. Picture a FOUR story mall stuffed into downtown Providence. It took up a whole city block! We were very impressed! Rebecca came with us and enjoyed the time spent with her grandmothers and getting to stay out late! Katie and a couple of friends from her team hung out together at the hotel swimming and stuff. It was a fun getaway! And the fact that our family was there made it all the better! By the way, we placed second!

We've started decorating for Christmas. I love Christmas! My dear husband very thoroughly cleaned out our basement in Topsham before we moved and THREW AWAY many decorations! Not ornaments (lucky for him), decorations for the house. So...I HAD to replenish our supply! What fun I had at Target and Michael's!!! I am pleased with how things turned out! I'll post pictures soon. We will put up our tree this weekend. Speaking of this weekend; Katie and Rebecca will perform in a Christmas concert on Saturday night! I can't wait! They are part of a Chrildren's chorus which includes ages 6 - high school. Should be a fun time!

I would estimate that I am about 70 percent done with my shopping. Let me tell you what we got my parents!! It's a.....Just kidding mom and dad!! I know you'll read this!

Time to go have lunch with Rebecca! Then recess! I've taught some kids how to play State Tag and now when I'm there we have about 20 kids playing with us! FUN!