Didn’t blog over the weekend, just got caught up in the holiday details. We took the “big boys” to see Zoo Lights on Saturday night. It was fun, I think next year will be more enjoyable. Carlos wasn’t having anything to do with the stroller (and if you’ve been to Point Defiance before you know you do NOT want to be carrying a 1 year old around there) and Dominic let us know that he had to potty…right as the bathrooms were being cleaned. They got a couple of cool flickering lightshow toys that surprisingly, only cost $3.50 each! What a bargain at an event like Zoolights.

Sunday was mellow, went to church and I did my weekly shopping trip (www.thegrocerygame.com) and saved a TON of money. Saw Capt. Marc, a buddy from Clipper, at the Kingston Albertsons so that was fun. I run into more people out there I can’t even believe it.

Today was off to Silverdale with Joy to get some holiday shopping in. Dominic had a visit so we thought we had a few hours, but turns out his biomom wasn’t feeling well so she cut the visit short. I just will never understand that….we’d walk over broken glass for him and this could be her last visit and she can’t stay the full 2 hours. Hmmmm.

It’s off to the Seattle Men’s Choir Holly Jolly Concert tonight with my folks and L3&L4. It’ll be SO nice to have an evening out on the town! Can’t even remember when we did that last. I’ll report more later, I think Trey’s about to scream out a lung!

OK, so we went to my folks last night to have dinner and hang out, and while we were there we tried to get the family Christmas card photo taken. WHAT A FIASCO! At this point, Carlos doesn’t want his picture taken ever and he doesn’t want to stay in any one spot for more than 2 seconds. In the pictures that Carlos was actually there and not crying, Dominic was looking off into space! Trey was cool for the beginning but then decided to scoot himself out of his seat right when Carlos was in frame, so it was ridiculous. Ended up without the great picture I was hoping for.

Tried again this morning and damn if it wasn’t the same deal…only this time it was only me trying to do it! Think I got an ok picture, but tempted to send out one of the one where they are all wild. It was funny!

Off to Costco with the herd today to pick up prints whichever picture we choose to go with. Should be another adventure!

Can’t believe it’s already December! Only 24 days of shopping left until the BIG day! Can’t wait for Christmas this year, Dominic and Carlos will surely get into the spirit of things and Trey is digging all the cool lights.

Tonight we’re going to try to hit the downtown Christmas tree lighting and the arrival of Santa. Grandma and Grandpa are taking Dominic and we will follow with the little boys. Should be a fun evening for sure. It’s SNOWING here, not sticking yet but really snowing lots of big flakes. Dominic is asking what it is (he wasn’t a fan of the snow last year at all) and Carlos just keeps looking out the window at it. Hoping to get lots tonight and be able to take the kids out to play in it. We’ve got snowsuits and all, which is a surprise since we live in a no-snow zone.

Court is over for the day…apparently the judge is needing more time to review the case and come up with a verdict, so we have to wait until the verdict is read on December 9th at 1:30pm. Keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming our way, they are all needed! So now, he has a visit again on Monday (as usual) and then the verdict comes in. If they don’t terminate, the state will wait 60 days and re-file and then it will all be dealt with again. If they do terminate, the family will appeal and we will wait to see the result of that. All in all I hope this ends soon so Dominic can really have the closure, I know he doesn’t know it’s going on but it does have its impact on everyone around him.

Sleepy time…hope the kids sleep through the night. Busy day tomorrow, as I have Faith coming over to play with Carlos for a few hours. Lee…great party tonight! Also, if anyone knows anyone who is good fixing laptops send them my way. Mine is cycling through the Windows XP start-up but can’t seem to get into Windows. YIKES!