Christmas parade, farewell party

Today was filled with various activites and amazingly, it hasn't felt stressful at all. There was a children's christmas program at church this morning. We came home for lunch and then Eric and Dio had to leave right away for a soccer game (which his team won by a large margin with Dio scoring a goal!).

The rest of us did some cleaning and laundry and then went to help out at the Christmas parade. I drove one of the parade vehicles (a van for a local radio station) and the kids helped by filling candy bags and passing out candy. Our friends who work at the radio station are hosting an exchange student from Italy. I told her, "This is so stereotypically American!"

We had a bit of time after the parade to do final cleaning and packing. Our new renters came over at 5 pm to go over the house, things like thermostats, gas/water shutoffs, how various appliances work, where the linens are stored.

We had dinner once they left, with Eric and Dio arriving home just on time. And then...a farewell party for Ivy and Inga's traveling soccer team! Some of them are still running around outside in the dark. A great way to send off the Freeze family 🙂

We leave town in the early afternoon so tomorrow will be relaxed. I have a few errands to run in the morning (thrift store drop-off, recycling, and a few purchases). But we're very close to ready.