Finally, Snow!

Finally, they are calling for measurable snow! Maybe we might actually get some this time. Trin has been complaining all winter that there hasn't been any snow to go sledding in. Don't get me wrong, winter is not my favorite season but I know we have to go through the cold to get the warm back. But if we have to have cold, I would prefer to have some snow to go with it. I guess we will see in the forcasters are correct this time.

This morning we headed to Bloomington to take Trin to the dentist. She just needed a cleaning but they found a cavity also so we will have that filled in a month. I take her to a wonderful pediatric dentist and they are wonderful with her. She thinks it is wonderful and has been asking since her previous visit when she gets to go back to the dentist. When we got home I had to start on my house cleaning because Mondays are my days when I deep clean. I got a late start but I have everything finished but laundry. But does anyone ever really get laundry finished?

Anyway, my husband John will be leaving for Iowa again Wednesday. They are starting a 7 day rotation, seven in Iowa, seven home, etc. This is not a very good time of year to be traveling northwest but the highways should stay pretty clear.

By the way, sorry to hear about Barr-Reeve's luck Sat. night! Better luck next year! Trinity wanted to go to the Buggy Bowl so bad. This has been a pretty hot topic at school so she thought she just HAD to go. We were on our way there and she asked if they were really going to bowl?! When she found out that it was just a regular basketball game, that was way too noisy, she was not near as excited. She ended up keeping TP in her ears and playing her V-smile pocket through both games. Oh, and we made at least 10 trips up and down the stairs for snacks and restroom breaks!

New Puppy

Friday after new years, we went to the pet store in Washington only to buy a new hampster cage. We seen the cutest long hair chihauhau puppies in there and Trinity just had to hold one. No big deal, right. Wrong!! She immediately started crying to take one home. We already have a dog and a cat so this was NOT in our plans. We left the pet store and made it down the road a little ways and John and I talked ourselves into going back to get the puppy. OK, whatever. So we gave in! Who can't resist a really cute puppy that at 12 weeks old can still fit in the palm of your hand!! Anyway, tonight we got home from Wal-Mart and I went to feed the hampster and can you believe the thing DIED! One week. That's it. We bought a new hampster cage and a puppy for the hampster to only live ONE WEEK. That's how my luck goes. Anyway, we had to give the dog a fairytale name so his name is Prince Charming, AKA Prince. On the second day of having the puppy the he was biting Trin like all puppies do and she said "If I knew this is what having a puppy was like, I wouldn't have wanted one"! She has since found out that having a puppy is not all fun and games.

Anyway on a completely different note. Tomorrow is my brother Jon's 26th b-day. Happy birthday! He is still in NC but got promoted to corporal on Monday. I talked to him this morning and he was still pretty excited about his promotion.

Gingerich Christmas

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I know we did. We have been re-doing Trinity's bedroom a little bit at a time and last week we painted the walls pink and painted a huge chalkboard on one of the walls. Here are pics of the chalkboard.

Christmas Eve morning we opened presents at our house. We have so many get togethers that this is our only time to open presents without being rushed. Christmas Eve all of the Miller's went to Crystal's for food and dirty santa. Then Christmas morning we always go to dad's for breakfast and gift exchange. Trinity got lots of toys that she wanted and she even made the comment "I'm livin' the good life"! I do not encourage santa and feel like it's a lie but the last couple of years she will see santa at different events and say "see mom, there is a santa. There he is." I would try to explain but she wasn't hearing it. So instead of arguing with her, I just go along with whatever she says. So Christmas morning when she woke up and seen her stocking she said "Why didn't santa come?" and I said he brought your stocking and she said "But I asked for Barbies!" I didn't know what to do then. She had already opened all of her barbies from us. And then I remembered that LeighAnn had bought her a barbie too. So I told Trin that santa must have forgot and took it to papa's house instead. I called LeighAnn real fast and had her change the name tag to "from Santa". Trinity never new the difference but next year I will definately have to save some stuff for santa. Here are some pictures of the holidays. Marshall and Breanna are Taylor's step-children and Daniel is Rachel's boyfriend.

Picture Update!

I notice that I haven't updated pictures since October! Here are a few, hope you have time.

I Made It, Barely

Well I now officially have a screw loose! I know, some of you have known this for some time but now I have the proof. Anyway, I made it. For future reference, don't ever do something like this with a local anethesia. I had a nurse that was just wiping tears, it was extremely painful. I don't have a lot of post-op pain, just discomfort. They wrapped my leg with ace bandage until Sunday, and it doesn't fell that well. So hopefully now I won't have some of the bone pain that I have been having. Thought I would give an update.

Here I Go Again

It has been six months since my knee surgery and tomorrow I go under the knife again. I have a screw in my shine that they put in during my first surgery and it has been causing alot of discomfort, so tomorrow they are going to take it out. He should be able to just do a local anethesia, but just in case I have to have general, I can't have food or drink after midnight! The worst part, my surgery is not until 2:30 PM! I don't know how I will function with no drink that long since I am always sipping on something all day, normally a Mt. Dew, so I will probably sneak a couple sips of water. Anyway, think of me tomorrow with every bite you eat and every drink you take!
Trinity is having her first program in kindergarten tomorrow evening and she is terrified. I am sure there will be lots of tears. As long as I can get her on the stage we might be fine!

Our Thanksgiving

We had a really nice holiday this year and I am so thankful for my family. We all had dinner at my house and everything turned out really well. We hung out all afternoon watching videos on You Tube! Dad thought this was the neatest thing he had ever seen and kept wanting us to find another video! We took Jonathon back to the airport Monday morning and we settled back in to our normal routine. My husband John came home from Iowa last night from a two week trip. Hopefully his rotation does not fall over Christmas also. Today we made a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and my wonderful husband decided that we needed a new christmas tree. This tree was really pretty and stood 7 1/2 feet tall and he thought we just had to have it. So we brought it home and began putting this thing together. What we didn't look at in the store was how big around this thing was when fully assembled, try 4 1/2 feet! This tree definately does not belong in our house and dominates the room but we definately have had a lot of laughs! Trinity has found her easter eggs that we hidden in her closet and she thinks that it is so much fun to hide them in the house and have someone find them. I think she is confused about what season it is and cannot see the HUGE tree standing in the corner!