Well Christmas was great. De and Lloyd and Jod and Martin were able to make it, but Mandy and Ryan came on Sunday. The boys loved everything about Christmas this year and they got some great gifts. We went bowling on Saturday afternoon. The twins did such a good job, and Layne had several strikes!

Mandy, Ryan, Debbie and I took the boys to Papa's Polar Patch yesterday. It is is a place where the set up hay bales and slides for kids to play on in the snow. They also have ATV's that they pull sleds behind. We had a great time on that!

Layne has a dentist appointment today. His 2 front teeth are just not coming out, but the 2 adult teeth are growing in behind them and are getting really crooked.

We are having Scott and Debbie, and Mandy and Ryan over for dinner tonight then we are heading over to a friend of mine's for a party. We always have a great time with them. They have 3 girls that our 3 boys love to play with!

Two finals down, one to go! I think I did really well on both test, but we will see! Tomorrow is my speech final. We each get a fortune cookie, crack it open, and give a one minute speech on how it applies to our life. Should be interesting!

Tim is working on the floor as I write. It looks good, so different than what was in there before and it is taking me so time to get used to it!

We got the insurance checks today. We went and got the flooring tonight. Dura ceramic tile, 2 colors, I can't wait to see it. It is going to look so nice! Tim is taking tomorrow off to install it. After we got the flooring we went to Sears and ordered the new stove and fridge. The stove won't come until the 23rd. That means I won't get to bake anything for Christmas and I am a little sad. I don't like the idea of having company and not having baked anything. Debbie is going to share with me, but it's just not the same. The new fridge isn't scheduled to come until the 29th. I am a bit sad about this too, I really wanted it before Christmas. There is a small chance I might get it before then. The fridge we bought is usually a stock item so if it comes in on the truck tomorrow or Thursday we can have one of them. I got everything put back in the kitchen this morning, and all the things hung back on the walls. So all in all a good day.

I have 2 finals tomorrow, Religion and Accounting. I have never taken a college final before so I am a bit nervous about that, but I think I am ready.

Whew, what a weekend. My mom and I finished cleaning on Friday afternoon. There was dust and shoot all the way in to the living room. After we finished cleaning we moved everything out of the kitchen so Scott and Tim could paint. Tim painted the ceiling downstairs on Friday night and then got up early Saturday to pain the ceiling in the kitchen. I love the paint colors we picked. Light grey for downstairs and a dark tan for the kitchen. Scott come over on Saturday morning and we started on the basement. We decided to let the boys help paint. That was so fun. Brenden lost interest early, but Logan painted right along side grandpa to the end. Layne maned the little roller and did a really good job with it. I followed along behind the twins making sure they didn't leave lines. Tim got the floor done today. It looks so good down there now! Now for the kitchen! We are still waiting for the checks form the insurance company to come. They are located in Nebraska and were closed Tuesday and Wednesday because of bad weather. I am hoping to get both the checks for the appliances and the flooring and paint early in the week.

Well it has has been a crazy week. The claims adjuster came on Monday morning. We get a new stove, fridge, flooring and paint. It was total building damage of $3300 and appliances are $1200. So for a small little fire it sure is costing quite a bit! Scott and Tim are going to paint the basement and the kitchen on Saturday and Tim will do the floor on Sunday. Then if all goes well he will take a day off next week and do the floor in the kitchen.

I have my last class tomorrow before finals. This semester went by so fast!!

I am typing this on my new computer!! I love it!! It is so pretty and so much bigger than my old one. Scott spent a couple hours tonight transferring all my stuff from one computer to the other and then he will take the old one and wipe it so we can give it to Layne for Christmas.

It has been a crappy week, I have been sick, Tim has been sick, the boys have been sick. I have a ton of home wrok and only one week until finals and to top it all off our house almost burnt down today.