i'm back...

Well, in fact, I didn't actually go anywhere, but since I don't have internet access at home right now (insert gasp from Brian M and others here), I am just getting back into the online world. I had almost an entire two week break from work, and of course it was wonderful! The beginning was filled with Christmas excitement...Christmas eve at church, Travis spending the night and Santa's visit. Both fams met up at Sue and Carl's house later that evening for dinner...I'm not sure that Laney and Alie knew what to do with themselves since they had both their uncles at their disposal for the evening. Santa and others were quite generous this year, and for that well are all quite appreciative.

The rest of my break was filled with girly time. We didn't go anywhere or do anything special, we just spent time together. We tested out all of their new toys...I put together Littlest pet shop homes and cut Barbie clothes out of boxes. We loved on our dog and drank hot chocolate. We slept in and watched movies. We ate chocolates and read stories on the couch, and explored our new wii games. We had pizza for dinner and wore our pjs all day. Carl and I were able to sneak away to have a nice dinner out at the Cheesecake Factory with the SPSG girls who were in town. We were also able to make it to the adults-only dinner party at Dan and Mindy's for new years eve. It was so nice to have someplace to go on new years and the party was so nice, lots of chatting with friends, it was great!

One thing I didn't do was ponder my new years resolutions. Last year was filled with lots of friends and laughter. There were so many things to be thankful for. Wendy was married. I graduated from grad school. Carl started a new, family-friendly job. Delaney and Alison started school. We went to Disney World. We spent a few days in Rehobeth with Carl's entire family. We watched Laney and Alie perform in their first school holiday show and we celebrated their 4th birthday with their new friends from school. We adopted Slate. We purchased a new car. We almost have our weekday routines down....Although I didn't meet all of last years resolutions, I'm still working on them. I will have to stop and truly think about what I hope for in 2010!