Josie lost a nail, Yuck!

With all the fun of the after Thanksgiving shopping and visiting with family...there had to be something to help us remember that we are not perfect! Josie was riding on the bottom of a cart at Wal-Mart and she put her hand under a wheel. The nail of the pointer finger came completely off. At first we thought we could do the first aid by ourselves, then we took a closer look. There is a clinic close by so we went in there to get a doctor to help us take off the nail that was holding on by a thread and they told us to go to the emergency room.

Josie was a brave girl! She squirmed a bit as the doctor gave her a shot to numb the finger for the rest of the day. As we came out of X-Ray, she began to bite the finger because she couldn't figure out why she couldn't feel it. (There may be a small fracture at the tip...we are waiting for the radiologist to read it.) The doctor pulled of the nail, washed her finger off well and bandaged her up.

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is all ready over! We have had a great time with the entire Freeman family (except our missionary, Aaron, in the Philipines). The food and fun continues into tomorrow. We joined the other crazy people shopping on Black Friday and got a new computer monitor and camcorder for our family. Can't wait to begin recording upcoming events. Josie and JJ will be so sad to see everyone go. JJ is playing a cling on to mom the whole time, but he knows where and who everyone are. We had an opportunity to photograph the entire family in pink, white and black and I can't wait to see the photo on our wall...I will post when I can...Still don't have a way to put photos on the computer for a bit.

I am so thankful for family that live the way our Father in Heaven would like us to live. It is great to have the reinforcement for our children as we are with others for an extended period.

Sunday JJ fell asleep during Sacrament. The missionaries for the other ward thought he was pretty cute and took photos of him with them posed over the top pointing at a sleepting 2 year old. I thought that was kind of funny!

Happy Birthday, JJ!

We celebrated JJ's birthday on the video phone with his mormor, morfar and Aunt Holly. That is so much fun! He did a great job blowing out his 2 candles. JJ is talking more and more everyday. For his birthday he got 2 shots at the doctor's office. Isn't that a fun day? He has become very attached to Handy Manny's tools that sing and dance in their tool box. He loves them! At least one of the tools has to go with him in the car and to church or anywhere else JJ goes. (That was an early present from his mom, dad and sister.)

Busy weekend

We were lucky enough to have Jason home on Friday. His company asks different drivers to take a day off every now and then because the overtime payout gets too high. We were busy! The kiddos were worn out by the time we took a little break from all the stores we went to. Saturday was just as busy. We love our time with Grandma and Grandpa at Costco for lunch and then the errands that follow. Today was pretty mellow compared with the previous 2 days. We only left the house for church.

I discovered some fun things on a program I've had for many years. Now, Jason and I are really excited because we have on paper a schedule to snowball out of debt. We've been working on it without a proper plan before this weekend. The end is in sight and there is a specific date! Yippee!

Elections

I must say that I was really disappointed in the outcome of the presidential election! I really don't understand the electoral college anymore and I get really frustrated when Washington's votes don't go to the person I voted for. Jason & I voted by absentee vote because that is the only way Pasco does it. I received a letter from the elections department that stated I did not sign my ballot's affidavit or it had been destroyed in the mail. I had to sign another affidavit and send it back in so my vote would be counted.