Santa Party

We had our annual Santa party this past Saturday. There were 27 of us most of them between the ages of 14 to 19. There were no little kids and the only believer was Rachel. I have told her Santa is really mom and dad and she just doesn't believe me. Every kid had a gift and had to sit on Santa's lap to receive it. One young man who goes to K-state got a piece of coal. It was pretty funny when Santa took his gift back and gave him his coal. You know this is Jayhawk country. The house erupted with laughter. Sean was a good sport and played along. The food was great and we just had a really good time. Actually I think this was the best one so far and we have had a lot of these. The Hanson's and the Gauthier's started this when David and Lindsay were 1 1/2 and Abby was almost 1. They are now 18 1/2 and almost 18. We have grown to 4 families and now have a huge buffet supper. We have boyfriends, girlfriends and just friends that come. It seems like the older they get the more fun they have. And they don't really care about sitting on Santa's lap. Most of them have fun playing along.

Tagging Happiness

I was tagged by Emily to share 6 things that make me happy.
1. My mom and dad. They are the most loving and generous people I know. They have loved me know matter what stupid thing I did. And if you have never eaten at there home you are truely missing a wonderful meal.
2. My Family. I love when we all go to a movie together. Now that Lindsay is "grown up" we don't do it very often. We did do it this weekend!
3. Lindsay's singing. I can watch and listen to her sing for hours. She has so much expression when she sings and you can tell she loves it.
4. Rachel's singing. Well it is hard to listen to but she also has lots of expression and truely loves to sing. She belts it out at her school chorus concerts.
5. I love sappy movies that make you cry. Right now all the Christmas movies/love stories that always end happy!
6. I love the Spring flowers. After a hard cold winter and that first bud pops through the ground.

OK I am tagging Donna and Lori.

New Job

Thought I would catch everyone up on the new job. I have now been in a week and a half of training. And I actually like it. I went into it thinking I was going to hate it. Now I haven't started my night shift yet so I may change my tune then. I start evenings on this coming Monday. This is a call center and I will be working with students and parents calling in with questions about the FAFSA(Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Student loans, grants and that sort of thing. It has been pretty interesting so far. I have taken about 15 calls now. All have been with someone there helping me. Monday I will be on my own winging it. I am in hopes that someone with good hours will quit and I can get their hours. You know the job I really wanted and everyone was praying for, they had a layoff. Kind of glad I didn't get that job after all.