I was anxious to get home so I could get back to work on all of my projects. While printing stuff out on my new printer, I had the idea to look for a laminator online. I can't believe I found an awesome little laminator for $20 (Happy Birthday to me!). I quickly ordered from Amazon and had it in 2 days. I spent the last few days of my vacation laminating stuff for Primary. I love my new laminator!
That evening, Dave made a delicious angel food cake for me, and we made homemade ice cream with our ice cream ball. It was a fun birthday.
A couple of days later, I was able to go out to lunch with a couple of really good friends using a gift card I got from one of my students. It was really a treat to go out to lunch with friends and no kids.
For New Year's Eve, we decided to have our own family party. It was just so freezing cold out, I didn't feel like going anywhere. And this year I didn't want to deal with the aftermath of kids staying up until midnight. (Kimee was really disappointed about that.) The day before, we had each of the kids pick out a special treat at the store for our party. We had snacks and treats and played a new game we got for Christmas, Pictureka. It is a really fun game, and has become a new favorite. Thanks, Mark and Trista!
Next year, we'll probably do the midnight thing again and not be such party poopers. The kids thought that was awesome last year, so we won't deprive them every year. :)
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