I'm back....

Well...after a long break from blogging, I'm back! First, I just got lazy and then our computer broke. We finally have a new computer that Damien put together last night. Anyways, over the Christmas break, Damien and I made sure to do things with each of the girls by themselves. Here is a picture of Damien and Alyssa going to the Spurs game. Alyssa was glad to go too! Emily really enjoys being taken out to eat because she loves to eat like her mama! She loves to go out for breakfast too. But a two week vacation seemed long enough and we were starting to go a little stir crazy. Then the first weekend after school got back, Emily came down with a little stomach bug. So we stayed at home. Then last weekend the girls had a long weekend off, and we deceided to go try the free H-E-B lodge up in the hill country. You can see the pictures of it here. Well, it was a short but sweet visit! Emily came down with another illness that started with a fever. She threw up all over the car right before we got there. And if anyone knows me very well, I am not much of a camper and am a little picky about where I stay. And of course, an outdoorsy lodge place without a cleaning service isn't where you want to bath your child that just made quite a mess of herself! Then add two finicky vocal girls like Alyssa and Alicia to the mix! Ha! And why in the world would I pack the entire car full of stuff and forget water??? So, after a long night of Emily groaning from a high fever (you can see her in bed in the picture)and the big girls hee hee and ha haing, we woke up explored the area , made some lunch and packed up! When we got home, Alyssa was so crabby she got sent to her room and fell asleep for 3 hours! Then it became clear that she was getting sick too. They both didn't move for a couple of days and then Leanna and I were struck with the obnoxious virus! Leanna and I just laid around in bed and the couch for a few days. Now we are all still recoving with running noses, coughs, etc! Phew. What a week! Tommorow, Alyssa is taking the SAT. They have all the seventh graders that performed well enough on the state exam take it. Oh and here is a picture of my new chicken soup receipe , Italian style from Rachel Ray. Yumm-O!