finals

Monday Bryn visited the orthodontist again. Now he's replaced her clear retainer with a mouthguard-like piece called a positioner that she needs to bite into for 4 hours a day plus wear to bed a night. We check in with him again this coming week. Wonder what'll change then. We also are taking Paige in to fix a loose bracket. We sure are making a lot of trips to his office!

This past week marked the end of first semester. Abby and Bryn had final exams Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Jeff and I helped by keeping them at home more.:) We don't have the results yet. Abby met with her guidance counselor to make some 2nd semester schedule changes, namely dropping an art class because it conflicts with a required Composition class, and discussing the option to drop Calculus. The couselor advised her to stay with it. She'll have a study hall now, whereas she didn't 1st semester, and hopefully Abby will use that for help with math. They're off school tomorrow (Monday).

Thursday we received a very important piece of mail: Abby's acceptance letter from Marquette! I'm happy she's accepted at her first choice. Jeff's been busy working the number to get our taxes and financial aid forms set and in March we should hear exactly how much we can expect to be paying. We're sending info to LaCrosse as well.

Abby and Bryn went Turnabout dress shopping together (with Kendal) after finals were through Friday. Abby and Bryn both found dresses they liked and put them on hold. Kendal wasn't so lucky. Abby called my cell to let me know that the store would only hold the dresses for 2 hours! So I got in the car and headed for Brookfield Square. Unfortunately, I didn't get there before the threesome left and I just wanted to see the dresses on before I bought them. Many stores, like this one, have a no return policy on dresses. I looked them over and paid the bill but Jeff and I are still waiting for the home fashion show.


Paige's basketball team, Mercury, won their first game yesterday. Close: 11 to 10. Her division is 6th & 7th grade girls and only 20 girls signed up. So the same 2 teams play each other every Saturday afternoon. The organization is trying to coordinate games with local parochial schools to mix things up, but we haven't heard anything yet. Then we took the kids to the movie, American Treasure yesterday. I love those movies. Bryn and I ate too much popcorn.

Packer game's coming on soon. Go Pack! Jeff and I tried our darnedest to get Jeff to the game, but tickets were just out of our reach. Our two good friends, John and Dave, are up there now! Lucky. It's going to be cold, but how exciting! I've gotten a lot of use out of my Packer wardrobe these past couple weeks. We're headed over to Dave & Carrie's to watch the game this week (they were here last week).

The temperatures have made a few changes at the Saunders. We've been pulling Abby's car into the garage with these subzero temperatures because her car doors freeze and won't stay shut. Because Abby's car is compact, Jeff is able to fit his car in as well. Jeff's car just doesn't like to start when it's cold. Battery. Abby told us about how she drove holding the passenger door shut the other evening. I don't like the mental picture. The rabbits have also moved indoors and Theo seems to have no boundaries in the house, but for some reason really likes to play outside a lot more. His frisbee is like throwing a hockey puck.