Wow! What a great Holiday!

We had such a great holiday season together.  The kids were back from BYU for the whole time.  We had Grandma and Grandpa Kenner over for a lunch on Christmas Eve because they don't like to be out after dark.  That gave us the evening with our own family.  On Christmas Day we had fun watching Kyle with his presents and everyone was happy with what they got and happier with what they gave.  It was exciting for me to watch my married children surpise each other and to watch all of my children exchange names and plan carefully how to surprise the person they gave a gift to.  We spent time at Grandma and Grandpa Fernelius' house with all the family on Christmas Afternoon.   Rob's niece Courtney and her family were here from Pennsylvania for three weeks.  WE had the opportunity to have lunch with them one day.  On the 27th Rob's brother Hal flew in from Minnesota for a week.  On the 28th Courtney and Matt had arranged to have their son Riley ordained a deacon in Matt's parents ward and we were able to be there.  On Tuesday the 30th Rob and Hal and I spent most of the day at the Bountiful temple.  The guys did initiatory work, but I did a session because the women said it was too busy for me to do the initiatory.  Then we had lunch together and did another session.  It was awesome, especially since we were doing family  names mom had given me.  New Year' Eve we celebrated with our family Brittany's birthday.  On New Years Day we had 35 of Rob's family over, including two cousins and their families - that was 45 people with our family!  Saturday we attended Jackie and Travis' son Gavin's baptism.  Today we are all back to our regular activities.  Stephanie and Nathan are back in Provo at school, Daniel is back to school and eveyone else is back at work.  Kyle and I have our time to hang at home.  I have costumes to make by Saturday for Daniel's productions revue the end of the month.  It is all Disney if anyone is interest in coming, I will post dates later.  We are very thankful for the family we have and the good times we will all remember. 

It's the Holiday Season

Well, it has been a LONG time since we have posted anything.  Our Thanksgiving was great.  We spent the afternoon at my parents church building having a great dinner and lots of fun.  All of the women in the family were in charge of a centerpiece and the tables looked really festive!  I think everyone ate well and played hard.  Robert and I took the motorhome and went down to Payson on Wednesday and stayed until Saturday.  It was a nice little "Vacation" away from home and we needed the time to unwind.  December started out busy like always when you have a kid in VE. (vocal ensemble)  Daniel had three performances last week and he has five this week.  This week he will be singing at a Relief Society Christmas Party, a High Council Party, downtown at the Joseph Smith Building, the Church Museum and the Assembly Hall (all on the same night) and he will be singing two nights in the Forgotten Carols.  The Assembly Hall and the Forgotten Carols will be the whole Concert Choir and the others are the vocal ensemble.  We have a good time going to all of the events.  We also have two Christmas dinners this week.  I think I will be glad when school is out for the holiday because maybe we can then rest a little.  We have been doing some Christmas Shopping and getting ready for the Christmas fun.  It is fun to have a small child to shop for again.  Robert is doing so much better and is not taking any painkillers anymore, not even the Tylenol.  He takes an anti-inflammatory medication but that is all.  He still has pain and gets tired but he is definitely on the road to full recovery.  Pfizer is downsizing in January, but mostly in another specialty and not his.  I think we will still have a job by the end of January.  Rumor has it they are laying off up to 60% of the primary care sales force but I think it is more like 25% (horrible, but better that it is not more than half)  They are laying off more management than anyone.  Robert will get a new manager, regional manager and vice president, but he will keep the same partner. (That is if we truely make the cut).  So, life is exciting and a little crazy but we are all fine and we hope to stay that way.  Happy Holidays to everyone.