Christmas this year did not happen quite as we had anticipated. Since we are always out of town visiting family, we planned our family Christmas time for Friday the 20th. Ben had that day off of school so we thought it would be a fun day of celebrating and enjoying our family time together. Well...on Thursday Lucy came down with something. She had a fever and cold symptoms and just seemed miserable. By Friday, she was worse. It was a pretty rough day. She wasn't really interested in opening presents and spent most of the day crying/being held. We weren't even sure if we would be able to leave for Grand Rapids on Saturday morning as planned.   Ben enjoyed playing with his new presents, but I know it wasn't really the same kind of Christmas day we usually have together. It's hard when germs come and ruin your plans. But, you just have to roll with it. :) By Saturday morning the fever was gone and we decided to stick to our travel plans.   I started feeling si...

Just like the rest of the fall, the month of November seemed to pass by quickly. I had a fun day with my sweet family celebrating my birthday. Curt took the day off and let me sleep in. Sleeping in for me is like 7:30, but it was so much nicer than waking up at 6:00. We had sundaes at DeBrand's after Ben was done with school. Everyone was happy that I chose that over birthday cake! :)   We traveled up to Grand Rapids and Cadillac over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was nice to fit so many people into the few days we were in Michigan. Traveling weekends (esp. the longer ones) always wear us out. So, we were pretty tired Monday morning. I'm sure we will feel the same after the Christmas trip too, but at least Ben will still have some days left of his vacation.   December is already underway and I'm looking forward to enjoying lots of Christmas traditions with the family this month!    On November 21st, we watched Ben's Thanksgiving play at his school. All ...