Kyra was sick on Christmas Day. Mom took Elijah with her to the family dinner, and Chris was at work. Kyra and I played all day. Owen mostly watched when he wasn’t asleep. Here’s a picture of Kyra playing with the Barbie computer that Mamaw Velvet got her for Christmas. Notice what she was eating, a roll, cheese, ham, and some marshmallows. Obviously, she was feeling better by then.

Here’s a couple of pictures of Kyra when we were playing Pretty, Pretty Princess. I definitely picked a winner with this Christmas present. It’s right up Princess Kyra’s alley.

Since Daddy had to work on Christmas Day, we opened our presents early Christmas Eve before church. We didn’t have time to take a lot of pictures. Plus, Daddy was the one taking them, and about half of them were blurry. Daddy isn’t the supurb picture taker that Mommy is. Here’s a couple good ones, though.

Well, life has definitely been a lot slower for me the past two days. I was supposed to go to my grandmother’s for Christmas dinner yesterday, but Kyra woke up throwing up. So, my mom came by and got Elijah, and she took him with her. Chris had to work yesterday, so it was just me, Kyra, and Owen at home. It didn’t even feel like Christmas. Mom brought us a plate home from the dinner, though, so at least we got to eat some Christmas dinner. I spent the day playing with Kyra, taking toys out of packaging, and trying to clean up a little. I didn’t get much done by way of cleaning up, but I played with Kyra more yesterday than I have in the last three months. I mean one-on-one playing. We played multiple games of Pretty, Pretty Princess and The Little Engine That Could Games. We played with her new Barbie laptop, and her Princess Leap Pad Book. We played with her Barbie Fashion Plates, and put stickers in her Princess Sticker Book that her pen pal, Lindsey, sent her. I know she had fun.
Today, I have cleaning and studying on the agenda. I really need to get the mess under control and the laundry caught up, and I need to get some math review done. My test is on the 2nd, so it’s coming up quickly.
So, today is day two of taking a shower and putting pajamas right back on. Ya know what? It feels good. Ahhh. Life in the slow lane.

I am so tired. I really need to be in bed, but I haven’t posted in so long. I keep telling myself that I am going to sit down and blog about something interesting, but I can’t seem to find the time. I have been so busy lately. I wouldn’t be nearly as busy if Chris weren’t so busy. He is taking his last test of the semester tomorrow, though, and then he will have a break. He won’t start school back until January 15th. My classes will start on January 16th. I suppose we will both be up to our ears in schoolwork then. That is assuming that I get the classes that I need. I’m scheduled to take the Compass test on January 2nd. I’m really nervous about it, but I’m excited, too. I’m really looking forward to going back to school.
Kyra has a Christmas party at school tomorrow, and then she is out for Christmas break. I’m not even sure what day they go back in the new year. Can you believe that 2006 is almost over? It’s went by so fast. I am going to switch over to the new blogger for the new year, and do a re-design of my photo blog. It is currently titled “A Year in the Life” and subtitled “The Harmon children’s 2006…in picture form.”, so that won’t apply in 2007. Any suggestions for a new name for it?
I hesitate to say that I am looking forward to the holidays being over, but I will be glad when it slows down to normal again. Things just seem so hectic, and I stay so busy. This weekend will be loaded down with activities…especially since Christmas Eve is on Sunday, and we will have church in the morning and in the evening. I’ll just not think about it right now.
I have to say, as busy as I’ve been, I have so been enjoying my kids lately. Owen is at an especially fun age, and he is such a little cuddle-bug. The older two are always lots of fun, and they keep us in stitches over the things that they say. My life is just so good. I am a very blessed woman.

DiDi (Chris’ aunt Dianna) sent us a basket of cookies for Christmas.

Kyra was ready to dig in!

You can’t really tell here, but Chris was enjoying some cookies while he studied for his test. (He was chewing when I took the picture.) Owen’s wishing he had teeth.

Elijah helped himself to quite a few.

As for me, I’m going to say that I haven’t ate any and couldn’t tell you that all five kinds are delicious and that the triple chocolate are my favorite. See, if there’s no picture (cough) evidence (cough, cough) then I couldn’t have ate any.

Thanks, DiDi!

This is a video clip of the kids in their manger scene at church last night. This was in the middle of the older kids’ Christmas play. I don’t have any still pictures, because I took the video. You can’t see Kyra’s face in it, but she’s the little shepherd girl beside of Elijah. See if you can tell why I called it “The Wandering Shepherd”.

This is a video I took of some of the teenage girls at our church singing “O, Holy Night”. It was so absolutely beautiful that I had to share with with all of you.