The three middle girls went to a neighbor's house this morning while the rest of us did some more shopping. We are trying to get some of the Christmas gifts exchanged that weren't quite right. It's kind of fun going around with only a few of the kids with us.

Luke helped me do laundry this afternoon. Then I taught him how to play a few card games and then he spent the rest of the day teaching the games to his sisters and playing with them. Just before dinner I had the urge to go outside for a walk. We have had unseasonably warm weather this week so I managed to talk all the family into accompanying me. We walked around the whole ward boundaries - it felt good to be out walking. After dinner we watched Kung Fu Panda 2 again. Thankfully the kids all liked it so they were fine watching it again - and this time I stayed awake for the whole thing.

Today before my shower I took off the bag over my drain hole. It didn't drain anything at all yesterday and the hole is closing up. I just put a large bandaid on it to keep my clothes from rubbing it. I have been slowly cutting down on the pain meds and today I am down to just 1 Oxycodone every 4 hours and then the less pain medicine every 6 hours.