So I've changed. I don't enjoy blogging as much. There, Sami, is that a good enough excuse? And what makes you think I should put all my time in blogging? :-D Also, 7 kids at 13?! Hmm, well, is 4 kids at 9 as good as that? :-P What's wrong with Rescuers Down Under? I like the mice, even after watching Ratawhatever-it's-called (you know what I"m talking about).

Baby-sitting went really, really, well. I enjoyed the whole day. At about 1:00, the Suich's came and picked me and Emmi up and took us down to The Live Christmas Tree--which really was amazing. And then we went to the Goggans house (our friends were having a birthday party) and Mr. Butcher and Michael and Jonathan came and picked me up. Emmi stayed at the Goggans for the night. Mrs. Butcher said that the boys had to be in bed by a certain time. So they left and Michael showed me a couple songs on the piano, they showed me their train set, we played The Game of Life until Jonathan got bored, and we played legos. And by then it was bed time. They got ready for bed and then we prayed and then I went and got ready for bed. I slept in a room right across from them and it was really cute hearing Jonathan, out of the blue, singing Ring Around the Rosies. :-D

As usual, I couldn't sleep for another 1-2 hours after laying down (that is totally normal, sometimes it's longer at home, I can't figure out what the problem is-I stopped drinking coffee after 12:00, that didn't work, so I stopped drinking coffee period, still didn't work. Then I stopped listening to music through the night. Nope. Still can't sleep, do you have any idea what else I could do to help me sleep besides taking pills?--I totally refuse to do that). And it's also normal that I wake up two or three times during the night. And I did. But the second time, to my surprise, I woke up to see Mrs. Butcher talking to me. She said I could sleep on the bed. Then in the morning, I asked her about it because I just remeber her saying something about sleeping on the bed and I thought she said something about wheels, but she didn't. She said it took some work to wake me up, and then she offered me to sleep on the bed (I was sleeping beside it). I was kind of embarressed because I don't remember saying thanks or anything, but she said I said "No thanks". :-D

I had a lot of fun baby-sitting. I really hope to do it again! I am glad that I got to watch the Butchers because they're really sweet.

Ms. Jaynee, thank you for the advice, I got that after my baby-sitting, :-D I'll remember that for next time. :-D

Charley, about the whole insanitary thing...that's ALASKA. Why can't you move down here and see what it's like? Much cleaner. BTW, the Butchers house was very clean.

Dear Grandma Sharon,

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for the box and the yarn and goodies!!! I have already used up the entire ball of the black and white yarn and part of the other ball. I turned into a scarf for a friend who I'll be giving it to today. We sent you a box, too. Coie drew all over it. Have you gotten that?

The whole Olbrich family and Grandpa Bolen are coming down 2 days after Christmas again! If you came it would make Christmas five million times better.

I probably won't be blogging again. And if I do, it won't be for a long time. But I'll check to see if there's a comment from you. I just read another story from Sherlock Holmes and it was awesome. Now I'm in the middle of one called The Death Valley or something like that, it's very interesting. I love you so much and I miss you and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, please tell the the whole family out there Merry Christmas from us.

Love,

Ryann