The good, the bad and the ugly

Whew! What a week. It started a week ago Saturday. The good was that we decided to tend all 10 grandchildren while the kids went to their work party. We had done it last year and it was busy, busy, but I kept thinking about my sister, who throws a party for her grandchildren every year. So, she was my inspiration. However, I didn't have all my grandchildren, just a few and they were all the way from 11 to 2. It was fun. We did gingerbread houses, which they loved to decorate and quickly demolish. Isaac's creation Zack getting ready to eat. Lucy's and Joshy's Avery took lots of time to make sure hers was just right Sydney's house and Taylor's Addie and Gracie girl. Little JD just ate the candy. He didn't care about the house's We also did pretzel snowmen, but they were so messy that I did most of them. I think the kids had fun. Grandpa and I did. The bad was that my house is really broke in now. I went downstairs to check on the kids and found a big water spot in the middle of the storage room. After questioning all the kids, I got Bennie down there. He found out that the water line to our humidifier had plugged up and there was water under all the totes, etc and ugly mold along the baseboard. Auughh! Sad, huh? Sunday we had the Lamoreaux Christmas party. It was good to see everyone again and see all my nieces and nephews cute little families. The bad was that between mis-communication and sickness, only Jer & Liz and John & Laura were able to come. Monday we got to go to Justyn's dress rehearsal band concert so that was good. He is getting so good. After we went to wish Jenna a Happy Birthday since we hadn't gotten over there on Sunday and Bren played his guitar for us. That was good. The bad was that we found out that Allyson had broke her foot and sprained her ankle. She missed a step at her neighbors house when she was taking care of their cat. It has been quite an ordeal for her but she said it doesn't hurt too much anymore. Tuesday we had our work party. We were coming home around 10:00. As we turned onto our street there were 7 or 8 deer running across our neighbors lawn onto ours. When they saw our headlights they turned back and ran in their backyard. Awesome sight! Can you believe it was right here???? Wed I came home after work to a black garage! Bennie had left a heater running by the frozen pipe in the garage sink. John came home from work, opened the garage and found the heater on fire! He put it out, but black soot was on everything and the house smelled like smoke. He says this picture doesn't do justice to what he saw. Here it was 5 degrees outside and we had to have doors and windows open. What a mess! Friday we got to tend Nicole and clean up the soot mess. And, Saturday we got to go to a play "The Wedding Singer", which had lots of garbage in it. I don't understand why people think crude jokes are funny. It just wasn't very good. But, that night we got to go to the Tabernacle Choir concert and that was awesome! Talk about another huge contrast! All in all, we feel very fortunate and blessed though. Thinks could be so much worse. And the good is very good!