Today marked the first day of Christmas vacation for the girls. They were dropped off to us at 9 a.m. and will be with us until Christmas Day when they go back to visit their other family for the holiday. We watched some Dungeon and Dragons cartoons (thanks again Ralph and Julie for such a wonderful gift last year!) and then got ready to do some last minute shopping.
I got a call from Ian, Kent's brother who was worried about his wife, Sarah. It seems she was quite ill but needed to run some errands, I was the third person he had called and he wanted some advice on what he could do to help her since he was stuck at work in Salt Lake. Ian is a very prideful man, usually in the best sense; however, for some reason he didn't come right out and ask for help from me, even though I know that is why he called. I told him I would be happy to do whatever he wanted me to: persuade Sarah the errands were not as important as her health, pick up Sarah and take her to run the errands or just run the errands for them myself, all he had to do was tell me exactly what he needed. :) He said running the errands would be great. I asked him what his almost two year old son Sean was doing while Sarah was ill and he said, "Ummm...playing in his room or watching cartoons?" :) I told Ian I would be happy to take Sean but he said Sarah was supposed to go take pictures with her sisters and Sean as a surprise present for her Mom so she needed him with her. Sarah called me after Ian let her know I was coming, I asked her if she needed anything and she said she could really use some help getting Sean ready for the pictures. I told her we were finishing getting ready and then would be over to help do whatever she needed. I decided to take her some Sprite and grapes I had left over from Savannah's class party the day before since those would be easy on her stomach (she had a migraine which was making her quite nauseous) and some of my favorite movies so she could veg on the couch and watch something fun if she wanted to. When we got to their apartment I talked with Sarah and she had realized she needed Ian for any pictures Sean was going to be in (her whole family together and then a picture of just her, Sean and Ian) so I persuaded her to let me take Sean so she wouldn't have to worry about him and could get some rest after the pictures. Her errands consisted of depositing a check and picking up her Mom, Mary, from work so they easily slipped in to what I had planned to do. I think it would have been a little difficult to take care of Sean and Kent III while running my errands but with the girls it was a breeze, they are such great helpers! When I picked up Mary she told me she wanted to take Sean since they had a family party that night. I was sad to see him go, he had been fun to play with while we ran errands. He is growing so fast and learning so many new words! He is a very cute little boy!
Then we went to Kent's brother Paul's concert at the mall. His French Horn teacher was having all her students play for 1/2 hour. It was very cool to hear all those French Horns together and to see Paul all dressed up. I was very impressed with his professionalism. He was told to dress festively if he wanted to so he wore a white dress shirt with a fun Christmas tie (the only one to wear such a nice outfit I might add) and was respectful to those playing when he wasn't (didn't talk, IM, or look distracted). I just can't say how very much it impressed me a sixteen year old boy would be so respectful, then again, it is Paul and that is just the type of person he is. :) Mom and Dad H. were there listening and watching so we visited with them for a few minutes while we did the same.
What a good looking young man!
Paul's teacher is the woman in red leading.
Dad pointed out the irony of the spot where the French Horn students were playing. :)
After the concert we met Kent and Sadie at the vet for her appointment. They took an x-ray and we anxiously waited in the dark room with the x-ray for the vet to come in and tell us the news.
Believe it or not, among all the many masses and tailbones you can see, there are only...
*drumroll*
Six puppies! The vet said there is usually one hiding so it is pretty safe to add one to the number you can see. So, probably seven puppies. (Which is sooo much better than the 13 I counted when I looked at the x-ray!) And she said Sadie is four to seven days away from birth, that Christmas would be a good day! Eeek! I guess I wasn't paying attention when Kent told me the days she would most likely give birth were around Christmas. I thought I had until January at least! I am SO not ready!! Savannah guessed there would be 7 puppies so she won. (Samantha guessed 10, I guessed 9 and Kent guessed 8.) Not quite sure what she won, but she won. :)
On our way home Kent picked up pizza and we ate it while we got ready for the Hinkson December birthday party at 7:00. It was a lot of fun to hang out and enjoy each other's company while eating tasty treats! :) I agonized over what to get James but he seemed to like the sweater we got him, even went out of his way to put it on and tell us how much he liked it. (Again, what an unexpected response for a fifteen year old, but just the kind of amazing young man he is.) Mom seemed to really like the metal snowman I made her at our ward's Super Saturday a few months ago. She loves Christmas decorations and I thought it would be a unique and cute gift to add to her collection. I just feel bad she didn't get it until the 21st, her birthday is the 11th, so didn't really get to display it this year.
It was late when we got home but my family was very kind and pitched in and helped straighten up the living room and kitchen before we read scriptures and went to bed.
A long day but one filled with lots of fun and excitement!
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