Christmas and New Years

I know, I know! It's January 5th and I'm just now posting about Christmas and New Years, I'm a huge slacker!

Christmas was wonderful! We had our first round of Christmas on the 21st of December. We celebrated a little bit early with my brother Aaron and his family because they were heading to Carolyn's parents in Tacoma for Christmas. Nick and I were the hosts this year, and I must say we made a killer dinner! We had a Ham with a honey-orange glaze on it, funeral potatoes, jello salad, green beans, and chocolate silk pie for dessert. After dinner Aaron, Carolyn and the kids opened their presents. Uncle Mitch bought Jared and Ally the cutest Christmas outfits that they wore that day. They looked so cute!

Christmas was spent with my parents, we had a very relaxing and enjoyable day. We spent the day just hangin out watching movies and playing games. We brought the game Taboo over, it is such a fun game, even my Dad seemed to enjoy it. Which really says something!

The day after Christmas we went to visit Nick's family in Gig Harbor. It was so much fun! Nick's little brothers (Brook 16, Taylor 9) and sister (Amie 12) are becoming so grown up and it is fun to see them change. While Nick was working on the west-side he was able to see them quite a bit and I've only seen them maybe 3 times since June. Its amazing how much they change in such a short period of time. We played Rock Band 2 for a good chunk of the day, Nick played monopoly, and just spent time enjoying eachothers company and catching up on life. Sadly we didn't get to see Nick's sister Kristin and her husband Ryan this trip but hopefully I will get to see them soon (Nick saw them almost everyday). We will get to see his family more now that Nick doesn't have to travel anymore.

That brings up another thing! Nick is finally home! Jan 2 was his last day of work and today was his first day back to school. It is SOOOO nice having him home again, I'm sure our car enjoys the break too! It is still unreal having him home again, but I'm sure it will be a change that I will quickly get used too!

New Years Eve was spent with our friends Scott, Brittanie and their new baby Braron. We had alot of fun eating, playing games, eating, catching up, eating, watching the ball drop and eating. Just the food you eat on new years is enough of a reason to have a new years resolution to work out more! Geez!

New Years Day was probably the most enjoyable/relaxing day I have had in a long time! I slept in, and made breakfast for Nick and I. Scott came over and watched football with Nick. So I took a shower and got dressed for the day in my jammies and scrapbooked most of the day. It was awesome!

We hope that you had an enjoyable Christmas and New Years. Good Luck with your New Years resolutions!