Super Duper Slacker

I am a superhero, and my alter-ego's name is "Super Duper Slacker". It has been a whole month since my last post, and not just any month - a very busy one. A month that included a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, my birthday, Afton's Preschool Christmas party and then Christmas!

I have very few pictures to document the last month - and I know that I will regret it later (I'm already starting to regret it, actually). But here's the rundown of what we did...

We took a mini-vacation to Myrtle Beach the first weekend in December. We left Saturday morning and came back on Sunday afternoon. We went with my boss's family (Ashley, Troy, their daughter Jordan and one of her friends) and we got a great deal at a hotel called The Captain's Quarters. We had a 2-room Suite with a kitchenette and a balocony that (sort of) looked over the beach. They had an indoor pool, indoor lazy river, indoor hot tub/sauna and the entire 6th floor was a bowling alley & arcade. We had only one serious meltdown from Afton, and the rest of the weekend was wonderful! We didn't do any shopping, and only left the hotel for dinner and breakfast. We did stop by Ripley's Aquarium on the way home. Afton loved it! They had a moving sidewalk through the shark tank, she rode it 3 ties with me and at least mre with her dad - we couldn't get her off for anything in the world! I even bribed her with ice cream (at 10:30 in the morning) - no go. Before we left she did get up the nerve to put her hand in the stingray tank. What a brave little monkey! It was so nice just to get away for a day or two!

The weekend after that was my birthday (one year older & wiser, too - well maybe not so much!). Joe and I went back to Myrtle Beach, just the two of us. We stayed at the Marriot @ Broadway at the Beach (thanks for the hook-up Edward!) and did A LOT of shopping at the Outlets on Saturday. He surprised me on Saturday and took me to a great Japanese Teppanyaki restaraunt for dinner. It was so yummy! Afton got to spend the weekend with Grandma, she helped make Christmas cookies...

and went to the ward Christmas party where she sang with the Primary kids (even though she's still only in Nursery, and in a whole different ward!);

(that's her on middle row, 2nd one in - she got to stand next to her cousin, Dylan. I think that made them both happy)

and she thought that she wanted to sit on Santa's lap, but when it actually came down to do or don't, well, she don't...

That wraps up the first two weeks of December...I'll have to do the last two weeks tomorrow, my nice clean sheets and fluffy pillows are calling. I must be getting old - I can remember staying up all night to watch the ball drop and now I can't even make it to 11pm! I seriously doubt that I will be watching 2009 come in! I hope everybody had a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!