Our weekend got off to a busy start. On Friday, Jessica had a birthday party to attend at Pump it Up over at the Marqe Entertainment Center. Since the party was from 7 - 9 in the evening, I decided to drop her off and then I took Alyssa out to dinner at Chili's. We still had an hour to kill before we picked up Jess, so I ran by the house to pick up Glenn so that we could go to pick her up together. When we got home, Glenn decided to assemble the stereo cabinet that we had ordered over the internet AND that came in about a thousand pieces. He did finally finish putting it together on Saturday morning and it looks beautiful.
On Saturday, Jessica was invited to the Academic Rally at St. Pius. She tested in Science and Technology but we don't know yet how she did. We finished up at the rally by 3:30 and headed home to get ready to go and meet the family at Saltgrass Steakhouse for Vicki's birthday. Our waiter had a really hard time dividing the checks and we were really getting frustrated with him going back and forth making changes. We finally got everthing figured out and then met back at our house for cake and presents. Glenn built a fire in the firepit and we got to sit around the campfire and visit.


Today, I was notified via email from Alyssa's teacher for the kids to remember to bring the supplies on Monday for their project. What project? Alyssa forgot to tell me about this little project and so we had to go to the store for supplies. She's going to make an art car out of a shoe box. She has decided to make a western theme car. Can't wait to see what it turns out like. Alyssa also has the International Festival coming up on February 2nd. She and her partner are representing Germany, so they have to put together a poster of pictures and facts about Germany. She will also make some German food, which she has decided to make Bratwurst sausage. I also ordered t-shirts for the two girls with a German flag and the word "Germany" underneath it.
Catholic Schools week will start on February 1st, too, and there are all kinds of interesting activities planned. I'm counting on a very exciting two weeks coming up.

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