I don’t watch much football, but I know that the Broncos coach here won 2 Super Bowls. That’s why a lot of people here were shocked when he got fired today after coaching here for 14 years. Everyone here is Denver is talking about it and didn’t see it coming. But, I guess in sports it’s more ‘what have you done for me lately’ than what you have done in the past. Since the Broncos should have made the playoffs this year and didn’t because they lost the last 3 games, he is gone. My hubby said he is happy because he said he was overrated as a coach. We will see how a new coach does next year and find out if firing Mike Shanahan was the right move.

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We were invited to a Christmas party that was to be held the day after Christmas.  We attended last night and had a pretty good time overall.  They had a full pig roast which is my favorite food compared to anything else.  We got there a little late because we had to run some errands on the way.  There were probably fifty or sixty people there and the house was not very spacious.  Therefore, after about an hour, it was getting really hot.  Our daughter, Rachel, was having a great time for a while.  But, then like everyone else, she was getting very uncomfortable.  So, we decided to leave early and take our daughter home so she could get to bed before it was too late.  But, first we gave her a bath so she would feel better.  I did bring home some leftovers we will eat this weekend, so I’m real happy about that.

My sister-in-law invited us to have dinner at their house for Christmas Eve.  So, we went down there late in the afternoon today.  They live about 20 miles south of us, so it only takes less than half an hour to get there.  I remember two years ago, the weather was so bad in Denver, we couldn’t make it down there because we had a couple of feet of snow before Christmas and it was really cold.  Anyway, we went down there and visited with their family.  Rachel was wearing her fancy new formal dressfor Christmas and her “Santa” hat.  She looked really pretty and was excited to see everyone.  After we had a nice dinner, we played a gift game.  Their was one gift for each of us, but before we opened all the gifts, we all drew a number out of a hat.  Then we opened the gifts in the order of the number we had lowest to highest.  When it was our turn, then we could “steal” a gift that was already opened or open a new gift.  We had a blast playing this gift game and everyone got something they were really happy with when we were all done.  Well, tomorrow is the big day, Christmas, and we are really excited to share it with our family and especially Rachel.

Since our daughter, Rachel, is one year old, it’s time for her to get her immunization shots again.  It’s so hard to watch her get the shots and see her cry as hard as she can after getting them.  Today, she had to get 4 shots for immunization and another one for the flu.  The first shot was a needle that was 2 inches long and when the nurse put it in her thigh, she didn’t even make a sound.  But, when she got the second shot in her arm, she started crying real hard right away.  Then, she did the same with the other 3 shots.  Luckily, after a couple of minutes, she stopped crying and was doing pretty well.  The nurse was very nice and gave Rachel 3 new books when she said she is supposed to only give each child only one.  After a couple of more shots in a month, she won’t need anymore of these shots until she gets to kindergarten, which will make both of us very happy.
Last night Rachel and I went to the biggest Christmas party I have ever been to.  There was probably around 200 people there, tables and tables of great food and a live band.  A lot of my friends were there and I met some new friends too.  Unfortunately, my hubby had to stay home because he was feeling to sick to go.  Rachel wore a really nice Christmas dress we bought her, she looked really pretty.  We danced during some songs and got some great pictures my friends took of us.  After being there about two hours, we decided to go home because the live music was pretty loud and I wanted to get home to see how hubby was feeling.  Hopefully, next year he will go because he would have a great time I’m sure like we did.

Our daughter, Rachel, is learning some things really fast. She just turned one year old last month. I was getting ready to clean her ears with a Q-tip earlier today. Rachel grabbed the Q-tip before I did and immediately put it in her ear. It was pretty funny and amazing, because she had never even touched a Q-tip before. I guess she has always seen me do the same thing with it, so she was just copying what she saw me do many times over. Another thing she did that was surprising, was when I was putting her pajamas on her last night. She had a small hairbrush in her right hand. Then, I started to put her pajamas on, I put her left arm in first. Then, she knew I had to put her right arm in, so she put the brush from her right hand into her left hand. My hubby and I look at each other with amazement that she so quickly figured out I couldn’t  put the pajamas on with the brush in her hand. At such a young age, it’s truly incredible how fast they learn what to do in certain circumstances.

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My hubby went bowling in his league again tonight.  His first game wasn’t too good, but his last game he bowled a 250, finishing with 8 strikes in a row.  I have only bowled a couple of times when I was a teenager, but didn’t do very well.  My hubby told me he used to coach people how to bowl, so I asked him if he could teach me how to bowl.  He said yes and he even said he could start teaching me the proper form at home without using a bowling ball.  I was a little surprised, but I will give it a try and see how I do. 

It was colder last night than I have ever felt before in my life.  Here in Denver yesterday, we set a record low temperature of -19F.  We went outside for a minute and it was unbelievable how cold we got in that short of time.  It was so cold, when we saw our breath, it looked like thick smoke coming out.  I guess we were colder here than anywhere else in the country.  Around Denver it was so cold there were dozens of school buses that wouldn’t start in the morning or would stop running with a bus full of students.  I hope that never happens to our daughter Rachel in the future.