My parents came over later that morning and we exchanged gifts. We were lucky enough to recieve a brand new comforter to fit our bed we bought a while ago. The rest of the day we just slept, and slept, and slept. Not very eventful, but it's all we could manage to do. Over the next few days we managed to visit Mom and Dad Fisher, and the grandparents. All in all it was a good Christmas even though we didn't get to experience it the day of.
Next up was New Years! We were able to enjoy a weekend with the Fisher Family in Midway at a condo at the Homestead. All the neices and nephews were there. It was WONDERFUL! All day kids running around everyone laughing and tons of time at the pool! Lenda {Layne-Da} successfully swam around the pool with only floaties on her arms! Mara managed to put together a floating bed made from water weenies. Talli had fun jumping from hot tub to swimming pool and back again. Fish and Linc tried out their first time in the pool! It didn't go over quite as well as hoped I'm sure, but they were still just as cute as ever! We also got to visit a crater and ice castles! New Years Eve the kids spent the night playing and watching movies, building up pillow cushions then jumping into them! The adults had just as much fun staying up playing games till almost 3 in the morning and enjoying the famous SLUSH that Ma Fisher makes. When New Year's struck at midnight, though, we all made a point to go out and pop off poppers, parade around in our fancy hats, and blow our party favors! What a perfect start to 2010!
Then the other day I came home to find.....
A FULLY FINISHED BED!
Thanks to Abby and Jon we now have the last needed addition to make our new King sized bed complete. Lucky for us they had a spare head and footboard bed set and graciously offered it to us! Thanks so much you guys! Put together with our new comforter and king size pillows from Christmas it's just perfect!
Then last but not least Friday was the Jane Austen Party at the Fisher Home! It was so much fun! Abby made a delicious copy of Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup. We also had a selection of goodies such as crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, chocolate sandwiches, cookies, cheesecake, and not to mention a wide variety of herbal teas complete with fancy teacup and saucer. Did I mention there were also decorative dishes full of lemon drops, sugar cubes, lemons, mints, and various other goodies to add to your tea to make it just right! At the party we also learned about fan etiquette and the lost language used by women in the old days with the fans. Each woman was given an inspirational bracelet and flower, and we even did a Jane Austen quiz! So much fun! Next month? Pajama Party making Valentines! Oh I can't wait! :)
