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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTEN!!!

This is Mark, Kristen's husband. I am usually just a blurker but I decided I should update Kristen's blog for her birthday since I doubt she will. Happy Birthday to my best friend. I love you

Bake Sale

Alex is a little boy who was in Sierra's Early Childhood class last year. He is autistic and was diagnosed with high risk stage 3 neuroblastoma on Nov. 20. Since then, he has had surgery and 5 rounds of chemo. He is in kindergarten at LVES and just the sweetest little boy! Thompson's Station Baptist Church is holding a bake sale today to help raise money for the family.

Wow! It looks like the old blog has been a little neglected lately. Guess things have just been too crazy around here for me to give it much thought. We stayed here for Thanksgiving and had a nice relaxing week. The girls needed a break from school and Mark took an extra day too. We played and ate and just relaxed. Black Friday was a lot of fun. I really do love the rush that hunting for a bargain brings. And since I have children old enough to babysit, Mark comes with me! We headed out around 3:00 a.m. and were home before all of the girls were up. We got most of our shopping done in that time, even though we didn't end up with the elusive zhu zhu pet!

We also made some gingerbread houses with the girls and they turned out pretty cute. They got pretty creative and ate way too much sugar, but we had a lot of family fun.

We've decked the halls, made our lists, sat with Santa and we are now just trying to stay on the "nice" list. Isn't it a great time of year to encourage the kids to be obedient?!

Ashtyn is playing basketball and had her first game this past weekend. She is the youngest and smallest on the team, but I think she is having fun. Her team won their first game on Saturday. Sierra started riding the bus home from school. She loves it and gets off each day with a huge smile. My babies are growing up!

We have been to Christmas band concerts, worked on Christmas cards, I've been subbing at the schools and the girls are finishing up the semester projects and getting ready for finals.

On Thursday, my twin sister will be coming for a short visit. We are turning 40 this weekend (What?! Really?!!!!) and are spending our birthday together for the first time in almost 20 years. I'm excited to see her and get caught up. We have tickets to see Rascal Flatts at the Opry and plan to do a little shopping, eat a little cake, and maybe see New Moon again. I'm looking forward to a great weekend.