tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313697077474148854.post4316550306383884866..comments2010-07-07T17:32:37.992-04:00Comments on Adventures de la Americana: 12/11- 12/22 Artisan fair, Christmas party, robbed, back to LR, to the airport!!!BeTsYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14589822437550268501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313697077474148854.post-14677830798626055202008-12-23T00:41:00.000-05:002008-12-23T00:41:00.000-05:00Oh Bets!!! I heard bits and pieces of what was go...Oh Bets!!!<BR/> I heard bits and pieces of what was going on.. :( I am SO glad you're ok. You probably won't see this- but the kids and I are going to call you Christmas day, around 6 p.m. I know Rach is there. I bet you guys are having a blast!! We put together a whole Christmas package for Rach to take down to you, but then our entire family came down with strep throat-- and I didn't have a chance to get it to her before she left. So your present will be late, but it's on it's way.<BR/> Things are ok here-- but I'm sick of being sick. First we all caught the flu. Imagine 5 kids throwing up for 2 days straight. That was... not fun. Then we thought we'd take it easy, and took the kids to Denny's one night. Everyone got food poisoning. We made it a week, and Gabe brought home strep throat-- so now we're all working through that. John's parents were supposed to visit for Christmas, but they cancelled because we're all so sick.<BR/> It's nice to hear how they do Christmas in the DR-- that it's focused on food. It would be nice if it was that way in the U.S. But we did keep things pretty simple this year. <BR/> We decided to get the kids 1 present each this year; then buy 1 family gift. So for Gabe, Isaiah and Grace-- they're one gift was a leapster didj-- it's an educational game system. Ben got a "cars" leapster. And Noah got a toddler's digital camera. Our big family gift was a Nintendo Wii-- and we got the kids 4 games-- Lego Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Batman-- and Mario Kart. <BR/> John reads your blog just about every day, so I can't post what I got him yet-- because the stinker will probably see it. But it's WAY cool. <BR/> So other then the sick thing, we're all doing well. The kids are on week 22 of school (there's 36 weeks in a year). For your birthday weekend, the weekend we finished our school year, I'm taking them all to Splash Lagoon in your honor :) <BR/> We love ya... and miss you SO much. It's pretty weird not having you here for Thanksgiving or Christmas-- but hey, we only have to do it 1 more time.<BR/> I've still got my sights on seeing you in August! <BR/> 'Missin our Bets...i_should_b_asleephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10200226610808659016noreply@blogger.com