Holiday Fun and Celebrating the New Year!!

Where to start? Christmas was great. We spent Christmas Eve quietly at our house with just me, Ben and the kids. It was great. We woke up Christmas morning and at 6:45 we finally couldn't stand it any longer and went and woke the kids up. Santa made it again this year. We are always spoiled. This year we even woke up to a blizzard. We were snowed in. Ben's dad had to bring us a car so we could make it up to my mom's celebration. My car never made it out of the garage that day. Christmas is alwasy a special time for our family. We love the feelings and love you feel throughout the holidays. We were blessed to have family around to celebrate with us. Ben's mom came up and spent a couple of days. She trecked through snow, ice, and cold. We are thankful she was able to come. Jarrett cried when she left and McGregor keeps going and checking Isabelle's room for Grandma. New Year's day we spent it with my family. We started a tradition last year with tubing behind a 4-wheeler in the fields just in back of our house. This year we ate Navajo Taco's, hot chocolate, and tons of treats. We tubed, played the Wii and got a few card games into the day. We had so much fun. Lots of laughs and lots of memories made. A great way to bring in the new year. As I think about and contemplate the following year. I don't think anything happened as we thought it would last new years day. We found out how precious our children are. We found out that money is not the most important thing to us, and we found that sometimes you are forced to make changes in your lives. We have had a roller coaster ride this year. Some of those times were awesome and we don't ever want to forget and then there are those memories that are painful and you never want to experience again. We feel as though our family has grown leaps and bounds this year. We have found that we can endure some pretty tough circumstances as long as we have the love and support of each other and our family and friends. We want to thank our family and friends for all you love and support and for the memories we have made this past year. We found out this year that life doesn't always turn out how you have planned it, but we are excited for our future. We know there will be new memories made and new experiences to try this coming year and we are going to move forward with hope in our hearts. Happy New Year to everyone!