Happy 2009!

2009 didn't quite start off as planned. LOL Let me tell you why :) Every year we go to my mom and dads in TN for Christmas. We didn't think we would be able to go this year because of prices and dates. So...I started playing around with dates to see what I could come up with. WOOO HOOOO found some tickets!!!! Booked them...and headed to TN on the 18th of Dec. and planned to return Dec. 29th. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Like I said...PLANNED!!! We had a great time at mom and dads with my brother Craig and his family, my brother Steve and of course mom and dad...but by the 28th we were ready to head home. ( I ran out of time before Christmas and didn't get the shopping done for our Christmas at home....I had planned on shopping on the 30th and 31st and having Christmas New Years Eve) Well....didn't quite go that way. :) Lance went to go print the tickets the night before we were to leave to come home. He comes in to my moms kitchen and says...do you mind us staying for another month???? Everyone was like hahahahaha...yeah...sure! He said....I'm not kidding...Jen booked the tickets to come home JAN 29th!!!!!!!!!!! I said yeah right. Then I turned around and looked at his face and could tell he was NOT KIDDING! So I go into the office to look...sure enough tickets were from Dec. 18th-Jan 29th!!!! Oops! We had to get home...we had two dogs at the kennel we had to pick up on the 29th...Lance had to be back at work...and Lucas can not miss more than 5 days of school in a semester or he will get kicked out. Soooo....after 2 hours on the phone...around 500.00 dollars and 80,000 freq. flier miles used....Lance went home on the 29th and the kids and I and to stay until Jan. 2nd. Can you say STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!! I know I will NEVER hear the end of this. Next year it will be...don't let Jen book the tickets....hahaha. Hey...how long you staying this year????? Remember the year...... UGH! LOL In my defense...I have always booked the tickets and this is the first time I did this. Also...I had to play around with a ton of dates to find a flight that worked with our dates and had 5 seats available. Well...I must of forgot to change it from Jan back to Dec. :) We are home now...and all is good. Kids had Christmas and Cole had his birthday...Just a little later planned. :) I know that mom and dad enjoyed having us...but am sure they were ready for us to go home just as much as we wanted to be back home. Maybe next year I will let Lance book the tickets. :)

Christmas was great and I have a ton of pics to post. But right now I have to get dinner on the table and then do what I love the most. HOMEWORK....NOT! So it will probably be tomorrow that I get them posted.

I hope you all have a great 2009 and that it started off the way you had planned!!!!!