The best christmas!

Every year after christmas, everyone asks, "how was your christmas?" And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I think this is the best christmas I can think of in a long time. The last few years there was always something to make us all a little stressed. Family issues, Rhett's cancer scare, me in school, or something. This year every member of our family is doing very well, I didn't have school to worry about, our health is good...and probably more that made it just enjoyable to remember how well we are blessed. Cherie and Kevin have blessed us so much by coming up for christmas. I don't even know how different our "adult" christmas would be because by the time Nathan started to be more of an , Cherie has shared her kids to make it so much more fun. Mason was the funnest this year, so anxious for Santa to come, we had to look up on the internet every 15 minutes to see where he was. He left a ton of cookies and carrots for the reindeer and tried very hard to get to sleep so Santa wouldn't pass us by! Xander was also so cute this year, he loved all his presents and also the boxes they came in! I love his one-sided dimple with his crooked smile as he says "cheeese" :) Noel didn't show much emotion, but is such an angel to be in our home right now. She and her mom looked so cute in their own little christmas picture. Brycen and Nathan loved their wii and all the accessories they got. They were a little surprised to think that I finally gave in to the no video game rule! Maybe it has to do with the dance dance revolution and wii fit that inticed me! We have all enjoyed all the games on it this break. All in all, I really enjoyed this family time we had, and the great blessings we have. It always overwhelmes me to think of how lucky we are! Especially for all the wonderful people we have known in our lives!

New Year's Resolution

Ever since I graduated from school I have wanted to keep in touch more with my friends and family by writing more, also to keep a journal for the first time probably in 7 yrs. So to assist in that goal I will continue what my sister started for me by writing on this blog and hopefully those interested will read what I have to say. I have enjoyed my sister's and daughters post, so I've decided it's finally time for me to write instead of just reading everyone else's! The last 3 months since I remodeled Nicole's room and nursery, (which you can see on her blog which is at http://lovelylifeofmine.blogspot.com ) have been pretty busy with her and her birth, and brand new baby. It has been quite emotional to see her journey through this motherhood thing, but she has gotten pretty efficient at it all and is needing me less and less. Noel is a doll, I love her a lot. She is very attached to her great mom though, which is how it should be. I have also been to Utah during Thanksgiving week, visiting with some of my siblings. We also had Noel's blessing there so more family could be a part of it. It was very nice to have all of those there. Then, since Nicole was on maternity leave, I decided to take advantage of it and took her to San Francisco to visit my sister who lives near there. It was a very nice visit, and Nicole and I braved the BART into San Fran all by ourselves and did the whole tour thing. It was a great adventure! So that catches me up until christmas which I will post a separate post for.

The Baby Room

I am busy remodeling my granddaughter's nursery, so you probably won't be seeing much serious blogging for a while. I will get some pictures posted as soon as I have it done, though!