Quick Update

Don't have much time, but wanted to write a quick update on us. We had a great Christmas...great time at my mom's with all my family.

We're headed to Kingsville today to be with Keith's dad. His mom is still in the hospital. They removed the tumor, and found it was malignant. But thankfully they were able to remove all of it, and they don't believe it has spread anywhere. So, now she will be taking about 6 weeks of chemotherapy.

So, we are going down there to help out Keith's dad, cook some dinners for him, and clean up, and hopefully be there when his mom gets out of the hospital.

Well, that's the quick update, and now I'm off to pack and get on the road.

Keith's Mom

Keith's mom, Ruby, is in the hospital right now. She went in Monday evening thinking an appendicitis. Well, they've ruled that out and have found a baseball size tumor on her ovary. They're thinking possible cancer. Please remember her when you talk to Him...she's having surgery on Friday to remove it and find out if it is malignant or not. We will update when we find out more. Thanks everyone.

Kingsville Christmas '07

This past weekend we celebrated Christmas with Keith's parents. There's not much to tell...just a relaxing evening opening gifts and eating ham. :) The kids liked everything they got, and I think Keith's parents were pleased to. Here's some pictures of our evening.

Couldn't get Caleb to look at the camera.

Don't know what's up with William's expression.

This weekend we'll be having Christmas at my parents' house. Both my brother and sister and their families will be there. First time in a long time. I can't wait!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

So here's the story: Nicole made some chocolate chip cookies all by herself the other day. From start to finish. I'm so proud of her. Well, she took them off the cookie sheet and put them on a platter on the table. So we went back to putting some more dough on the sheet. We turned back around to the table and this is what we saw:

Ah, 'Tis the Season to...

...gourge yourself on Christmas goodies! Thankfully, someone else will be gourging instead of us. Today we were cooking up a storm making all kinds of good sweets. Everyone, including Keith, helped. We're putting them in tins to give away as gifts.

We made chocolate fudge, peanut butter fudge, peanut brittle, snowballs (pecan cookies), and peppermint bark. Doesn't everything look good???

All dressed up and ready to go...

After the kids had sampled everything, they were literally bouncing off the walls!

Early Birthday Dinner

Yes, my (Jaime) birthday is coming up (the 15th). The dreaded 3-0. Not really. Does feel kind of weird though to know you'll no longer be in your 20's. Kind of a milestone, I think.

Anyway, Keith surprised me tonight by taking us all out for an early birthday dinner. It had been kind of a yucky day for me, so it was a really nice surprise. We all went to Pappasito's, and ate great fajitas. Ah, I'm gonna miss this good Tex-Mex food we have here. Better eat all I can now. :)