Then I had a couple more kids and started coming up with creatively cute cards that included I spy and crossword puzzles that intertwined tidbits from our year.
More recently as I've been in school I have been sending the typical photo card, but at least I designed them myself in photo shop and still included a Christmas letter.
Then came this year. I had great intentions. I was going to do a cute card based on my blog. I had it all planned out...in my head. I was going to do it right after Thanksgiving. But I work now so it would have to happen on the weekend. No problem, I had plenty of those before Christmas. So the weekend after Thanksgiving we got to go on a short trip to visit friends in Florida. Lots of fun, I even got a surprise graduation party, but no Christmas card creating.
The next weekend I got sick...horribly, terribly sick. The lay on the couch and watch movies all weekend kind of sick. I didn't even think about Christmas cards.
Next weekend...we had the kids, first time in 3 weeks we had the kids for the weekend and again fun was had instead of Christmas cards.
All of the sudden it was the weekend before Christmas. When did this happen? I still had presents to wrap and throughout the month I had been transforming my craft room into a cute future counseling office. So, for the first time in as many years as I can remember...no Christmas cards were to be sent. So instead I offer you this:
Happy Belated Christmas from our family to yours.
And as an extra bonus...here is what our Christmas letter might have said:
Dear Friends and Family,
Hope your year has been as fantastic as ours has been. Because we are the most organized and put together family you have ever laid eyes upon we have accomplished much this year (if by much you mean our children are still alive and well and we haven't burned the house down).
Husband got promoted and now owns Home Depot. I know it looks like he still works in the stores, but he doesn't like to brag and show off, so he pretends he is a supervisor in love with his job. He has been working out this year and can pick up a small car and throw it across the street. The neighbors for some reason haven't loved this, but I think it's handy for that annoying neighbor who loves to park right by the stop sign.
I started running this year and have broken all sorts of records (such as being able to run a mile faster than the fastest snail). I graduated and now run a psych hospital (again no bragging so it appears I work there part time as a lowly therapist). I continue to run her taxi service with help from loving husband.
Oldest daughter graduated high school and decided Texas was not big enough for her, she has taken over North Carolina. She almost passed her drivers test on the first attempt, but decided driving was too mainstream. Why drive when you can walk somewhere. She too has picked up running and has broken some records herself (such as running a longer distance in a day than a turtle).
Son has become a pro-bowler this year. He consistently breaks new records himself (such as getting a higher score than his little sister every.single.time.) He also played a starring role in the high school musical, Annie. He was in charge of scurrying up the stairs as they rolled them off the stage in order to lift up the curtains. The show would not have happened if it had not been for him.
Youngest daughter has become an engineer this year. She has built amazing towns, pools, amusements parks and the like (in Mine Craft). She also was prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse due to her hours of training (in Mine Craft).
The cats continue to puke and pee on the carpet in a talented manner.
We have traveled to many exotic destinations (and by exotic I mean we left our neighborhood).
So for the two of you who are not on Facebook and hadn't already seen pictures of all our amazing accomplishments, we hope you enjoyed reading about how fantastic we all are :P
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