*WARNING*...Picture Overload!!!

Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were wonderful! Here are some highlights of our Christmas and a a few of our favorite things...

Family: My parents arrived the day after Christmas and are still blessing us with their presence! :)

Good Food: we enjoyed dining out with the whole gang...

with just the adults...

and some fine home cooking (if I do say so myself) ...

On New Year's Eve we enjoyed our families favorite dessert...Root Beer Floats!

Good Times: Santa brought our family Rock Band 2... even Grandpa rocked out with us!

...not to mention, Dave got to go to the range several times and embark on one of his very favorite pass times!

Carter was thrilled when Grandpa took him and his buddy, Brock, to the high school to play football on the "real" field (equipped with astro-turf and everything).

Surprises: Dave got me a digital photo frame...how cool is that?

...and he got me a camel back backpack...did I mention I am going to do a triathlon this spring? That will surely help (and I think I'll need all the help I can get)!

The kiddos were thrilled to get a new trampoline net (as on Thanksgiving day they ripped a huge hole in the net sending 4 children onto the ground below, dog pile style...it was not a pretty sight!)

Lauren was happy to finally have a reading chair for her room. The webkinz clothes were a bonus!

Carter loved his new football...

and Taylor looked cute in her new mittens and such (believe it or not, we do need these in Texas occasionally!)

Homemade Gifts always rank at the top of our list. Dave's mom made us this beautiful quilt. Isn't it divine? I LOVE IT!!!

Carter made me this trivet at scouts!

And I made Dave a cover for his re-loader (a funny looking contraption he uses to reload bullets making his favorite pass time more affordable) so it wouldn't get dusty and dirty in the garage.

But MOST of all, we enjoyed EACH OTHER!

Here's to another great year!