Christmas 2008

Hello everyone, I know it's been a long time but I have been so busy. The kids and I went to Shane's parents for Thanksgiving. It was really hard, but we had fun. These first holidays without Shane have been hard. It just doesn't seem real. I half expect to wake up and have it all be just a bad dream. I have been keeping myself going, it seems like non stop though. Granny and I always do baskets this time of year and we did 47 this year. We have been baking every day since about Thanksgiving. We had fun though. We always do. I love spending this time with her. I will always cherish the many, many days we spend in the kitchen this time of year. The kids are getting excited for Christmas. I am suprised Emilee hasn't tried to open the presents. Her Birthday was the 16th and we had a little party for her. She loved opening the presents. She got quite a bit of things even with just the few people that came. I am not really looking forward to Christmas Day. Christmas was "Shane's holiday". He LOVED opening presents. I am going to miss that. He would get us up around 4 in the morning, the kids would cry and say they wanted to sleep but he would make us all get up and watching his face while he opened presents, was so neat. He was like a little kid.
Well, I also have enrolled for my first semester of college. I am so excited and extremely nervous at the same time. It has been 10 years since I have been in school. I really want to succeed though. I want to have a good job with good benefits so that I can give my children a good life. I don't want to struggle their whole life. So, pray for me while I try to do homework and study for tests again.
Until next time...........