Happy New Year 2010!!!

Well everyone we all made it safe, healthy and happy to 2010!!

Hope everyones new years eve was great. We had a great new years. We spent it with some parent friends of ours and it was a great evening. It was nice to spend it with other adults, but still have fun with the kids. It was a great combo. We all stayed up till 103o and then we left. The kids were beyond tired but somehow made it to 1030. Clayton and I rang in the new year together with some big kisses to round out the evening ;)

We have started to make our lists of what Clayton and I would like to accomplish individually in addition to as a family in 2010. Its exciting to see how much we can accomplish this year.
What are some of your lists of accomplishments this year?

Christmas, as usual, was a great time of year. We made the house its festive self, except for the outdoors. This year we didn't decorate the front. Well it was not taken well by the children of the house so we promised next year that we would decorate out front like we usually do.

Clayton has been off the last week and a half which has been so wonderful. We took a trip up to Yuba Gap up off 80 for snow play. It was so fun. We had the snow park pretty much to ourselves for the first hour or so and then the crowds came. But overall it was a great trip. We left really early, around 630am, got there around 9, got up front parking spot, and got the kids all wrapped up like mummies. It was 29 degrees when we got there so we couldn't very well just do a snow bib and t shirt. Mason looked like "Randy" from A Christmas Story which completely hilarious. His little gloves just would not stay on him which was frustrating because the snow was of course so cold that his hands were just so uncomfortable. We did find out that Mason LOVES to sled. You never actually saw him grin or smile, he would just sit on Clayton's lap, expressionless, but then he would get right out of the sled and walk back over to it basically to ride again.

The kids were as daredevil as they possibly could be. McKenna almost ran into a tree and laughing the entire way. Yea....so hilarious. Spencer loved going down the hills this year. A far cry from last year where he didn't' really want to do anything fun. Now he was going down large hills (for me), with McKenna in front and him in the back and both screaming with the sound of fun the entire time.

So this week has been one relaxing week. I am sure 100% relaxing for Clayton. We haven't done much but have enjoyed every minute of it. We just hung around the house and enjoyed having each other around. Mason has officially decided he loves Clayton now. Clayton can't anywhere without Mason crying behind him "da da".."da da"...sooo cute. He has finally bonded with this man who is never really around during the week. :)

Anyways, sort of sad our week is dying down and Clayton is going back to work :( but we enjoyed the time we got to spend with him.

Hope everyones Holidays were great as well, and we wish everyone a safe and happy 2010!!

Hugs.