It's Been a While

Well it's been a while since I blogged so I figured I better get to it. Life has been pretty much the same over the past month. We did have cousin Judy come to town and that was really fun. However our annual Banff weekend did not work out thanks to the weather. Oh well, we'll try again next year. The girls still went to dinner and a movie and some shopping the next day. The weather here has been mental and it's not supposed to get much better. We are all getting really excited for Christmas holidays. The girls only have 2 more days of school. Sean is working Monday the 22 but he is no longer working the 23 so we can leave for the lake house a little earlier. He is wiped and burned out with work. He has been super busy in December with patients trying to get in before their insurance benefits run out. He is counting the days as we all are. Hopefully the roads won't be too mental with all this snow. The lake is freezing though so that's a bonus to the cold. I am almost ready as far as Christmas goes. Sean had a major oops the other night. We were talking to the kids about why we celebrate Christmas. Sean asked Olivia, "Liv why do we celebrated Christmas"? She said, "Santa, and presents". Sean said "No, who's birthday do we celebrate at Christmas time?" Liv said, "Santa's". Sean said "No Santa's not real, someone who's real". At that moment Sean froze and Liv's face contorted into horrified shock. Liv then yelled, "Santa's not real!" Sommer was sitting there listening very intently and Sean put his head down trying not to laugh. Fortunately Mom saved the day and said, " No that's not what Daddy means, He means what's the real reason we celebrate Christmas, what's really important." The girls calmed down and all was well. It was a close call. This Sunday Liv is giving a talk in Primary, that is always entertaining. Erik hates Santa. He doesn't want to talk about him or look at him. Hopefully Santa will still bring him a present. This friday night we have our work Christmas dinner. We are taking everyone to Chili's. Hopefully they don't think we are cheap.