Moving, Business Trip and The Holiday

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
What can I say? I love going in and checking everybody elses blogs, reading all the fun things about everybody and yet here I am a month and a half behind. I am still working on taking pics of the new house. Hopefully, I will get those ready and on the blog by the end of the weekend.
So now to update. I still have boxes in our garage. But, most everything is put away where I want it, it's just finding places for everything else still in the garage. According to Erika, I'd best be doing more de-junking. UGGGGH! For those of you that know me...you know what a challenge that is. But I am working on it.
We got settled in enough to have Thanksgiving Dinner at the new house. Erika came home from Dixie, on crutches...she had her surgery on her miniscus (knee). To no surprise she did a doozy on her knee. Most people when they tear their miniscus, the doctor just goes in and scrapes the tears off and sews you back up. No, not Erika, she tore it all the way across, so the doctor had to go in and sew the whole miniscus back together. She is recovering pretty well, just not as fast as she would like. She would like to be out there practicing again already...but she won't be able to do that until at least February. She just got off her crutches a week before Christmas. Back to Thanksgiving, Julie Lentz and her family came from Draper, and then Chris, Lesley and Bailey came over too. We had a really enjoyable time. It was good to just eat, and visit with everybody.
The beginning of December, I was sent to Boston, for training on a program that I have taken over at work. It was really a very enjoyable trip. I got to have a layover in Chicago, so I got to spend the night at Jason and Erins home. The visit was way too short, but it was really fun to see them and chat with them! They are both doing really well. Keeping busy with work and school, but they are very happy and have a really sweet home. The weather was really quite cold, but even with that it was fun. Since I was by myself, I was "adopted" by 4 women from Arkansas. They were so fun to be with. I really enjoyed getting to be their friend. We went on a walk...it's called the Freedom Trail. As you walk you pass all kinds of historical sights. When I learn how to put pictures on, I will put my trip on too. The only bad thing about the trip is I came home with a cold, that I am just barely getting rid of.
Then when I got back I needed to start getting ready for Christmas. While I was gone, Dad, Matt and Alex were going to surprise me by putting up the Christmas tree. Well, they got the tree up but couldn't find the lights or decorations. It took me like 2 or 3 days to find them. They were in the food storage room. Don't ask me how they got there. It was really nice to have a big quiet room for the tree. From the time I got back from Boston till now everything has just seemed to past by so quickly.
Erika came home on the 18th or 19th. She is quite the "get r done" type girl. She helped me get the rest of my Christmas shopping done, she practically wrapped all the presents, and helped me keep the house straightened up. Plus she had time to watch a couple seasons of "House". Which she has gotten me stuck on. I don't even like the guy on "House". She went home on the 4th.
Matt got his new (used) car. He is loving it, not having to rely on me and Alex for his rides. He actually worked alot during the Christmas break.
Christmas was very enjoyable. Everybody seemed happy with their gifts. Matt and I bought the family a WII for Christmas. The only thing Dad isn't happy about is that we take up so much time on the big t.v. in the family room.
The hardest thing now is getting back into the swing of work and not having so much free time.
I'd best go for now. Hopefully, I will be able to blog sooner than a month and a half. Hope everyone else had as good of a holiday as our family did. Happy New Year! and may the Lords spirit be with you through out this new year.