how many days?

Who knew I could be this close to Christmas and still not realize it?

Today J and I spent some time finishing our Christmas shopping - how nice was that? It is definitely a great feeling to be close to being completed with it since we have only 5 days until it's here. It was also great to be able to spend some time with my wife as well and we honestly just had a lot of fun goofing off and having fun shopping for others (plus she bought me a Starbucks coffee - very special treat for sure).

Tomorrow is a big day - Christmas play at church so we will be at both services. I'll get pictures up here once I get them. Going to be a long day, but a fun one for sure.

On Friday, Taylor informed us she was able to get into the Skating Station free with her ID card (her middle school was able to get in for free - nice huh?). So, being the amazingly awesome and fantastic parents we are, we took Tay and Emma to go roller skating after play practice - so we were there from 9PM until almost midnight. It was fun and there were other friends from her school there as well. Originally, I wasn't going to skate (it has been many, many years after all), but I decided to strap on the skates and give it a go. It was Taylor's first time on skates and she did good - we did many laps holding hands. In high school, a friend and I went skating almost every weekend and I loved it. I must admit I was pretty nervous getting out there, but it took all of 10 seconds to get back into the groove...and I had a blast. It really was fun watching Taylor enjoying something I love so much. We are already planning our next skating trip and are thinking it would be fun to bring other friends - so all of you out there interested in trying to skate again, let us know. My goal next time we go is to get J out there - and it will be easier if we have other friends out there giving it a go like we are.

All in all, it's been a great weekend - and it's only Saturday night...can't wait for the Holiday when I get an extended weekend!