"Christmas Always Comes This Time of the Year"

It seems like this month has just been out of control. I looked back to seem when I had last posted, it was over 2 weeks ago, and I didn't even comment on that! Shame on me!

Were you ever traveling down the road as a child watching billboards? "See Rock City" and such like? Well, maybe not Rock City. Let's say an historical marker of some kind. You're watching and waiting and waiting and watching, and then you get there (in my case as a kid, drive on by it, cause we never stopped for anything) and you were like, "That was IT? All that hype for THAT?" So much anticipation, so little realization. Welcome to Christmas '08.

It's not supposed to be here already. There were so many things we wanted to do, so many places we wanted to go. We always go out looking for Christmas lights (or try to). Didn't happen. There were Christmas games to play with the kids. Didn't happen. We wanted to take the kids caroling. Didn't happen. Etc., etc., etc. So we are now in the position of making the most of what we have left.

We made our final trip of '08 to Sea World on Saturday. Crazy traffic going down, but nice at the park. Then Sunday was filled with church, nursing home, Stacy having to run to town for more presents, wrapping and assembling presents, more church, then letting the kids open presents after church, and finally, packing! The trip up yesterday was nice--good weather, light traffic--but man, was it cold. It was 39 when we left Valdosta and 22 when we got to Columbus. We never got above freezing the rest of the day. Somewhere in the day we called Grandma Lolo, and she informed Benjamin that his cousin Brendan just couldn't wait for him to get here. Wow, what a wild man. And wild is the only word to describe being in this house with Grandpa and Grandma, me and Stacy, Benjamin, Kaitlyn, Shelby, Emma, Brianne, and Brendan. Mom, dad, Jared and Nicole came over for a few minutes last night. No surprise, but Benjamin went back with them.

The only pics I have to add right now (not on my computer) won't mean anything to anyone who has never made the trip we made, but they are sights that we are definitely looking for on the way. I'll get more pics up when I manage to get my computer connected. Have a good day, everyone, and watch out for all that ice! Brrrrrrr!