How We Spent Christmas

This Christmas was a lot of fun. For Christmas Eve we went to the Costleys like we have for several years now, which we really look forward to. We have a lot of great food with family and friends. We had our car all loaded up, and when the party was over, we headed to Disneyland. We had never seen it all decorated for Christmas, so we figured Christmas day was the perfect day to go. We got to the hotel about 1:30am. and crashed into bed. We woke up at 6 and opened a couple of presents, then headed out. It was drizzling, but we were in the happiest place on earth, so we were trying to not let it get to us. We all had jackets for the rain except for Lindsay so we had to buy her a poncho - she was thrilled. We were able to go on several rides and the park was really dead so we were running everywhere, but by noon we were soaked and had had enough. We went back to the hotel to get dry, open the rest of our presents, then we went to dinner at TGI Fridays then we went and saw Yes Man (very funny). The next day we were at the park all day and went on all the rides several times. We had such a fun time together, I think having lived away so much sometimes I just like it to be our little family so that we can just enjoy each other. We might just have to make this a tradition.

Christmas Lights

So, this is our house this year. Jake finally got his musical lights, he spent a lot of time getting them just right and we love how they turned out. We have sat outside many nights watching all the songs. We sure appreciate all the hard work he puts into our holiday decorations each year.

Lindsays First Accident

Ok, so we thought we were pretty lucky, teenage driver and no accidents or problems, but we knew it wasn't going to last. I get a call from Lindsay saying I needed to get to where she was because there was an accident. My first question: "Is anyone hurt?" Thank goodness the answer was no. But then my next question "Who's fault was it?" And she said mine - dang I was hoping some snow bird had hit her car because of the rain:) So I go to where they had pulled off to help her deal with this. She said she was behind this guy and he slammed on his brakes and she hit hers, but she slid into the back of his car - yah right. I looked at his bumper and I think it had a slight dent, but as you can see, her car took the brunt of it. She was pretty shaken up. All I can hope is that she will remember this and won't be as distracted next time she is driving.

Winter Formal

It was Winter Formal this last weekend and Lindsay and a bunch of friends went. Her date was her boyfriend Geoff. We had to track the kids down so that we could get group pictures, and of course the girls were late getting ready, and a few didn't even make it for pictures. They all looked so nice, this was the first time that Lindsay and I fell in love with the same dress - thank goodness. They went with 8 other couples to BJ's for dinner then on to the dance. When theres good music, she can't help but dance and by the end of the dance her make-up is about gone and her hair is straight again, so she said they had a lot of fun. But it seems like with every dance, the end is near and she will be graduating, its like this big count down that I'm not ready for. But she is making the most of her senior year, and hopefully making herself a lot of memories.

We finally got our tree decorated the other night. I put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving, but finding time that everyone was home to decorate it was a little difficult. They had a lot of fun, and even got a little goofy, but I guess thats whats fun about the season, doing things together. When the kids were little, I decorated and they told me where it should go. Now, they decorate it all by themselves and I get to enjoy watching them working together and remembering. That is my favorite part. Every year they get a new ornament, and lots of times it is a memory of what we did that year, or where we lived. As soon as the ornaments are pulled out, the stories begin. It is so neat to hear all that they remember, a lot of times they remember more than I do so we all share our stories. This is such a fun time of year, although I think it goes to fast. But these are the times that I'll remember, the kids having fun and working together, because who knows where next year will take us.