2012

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it is 2012.  It can't be ten years ago that I graduated from college!  So much has changed since then.  I'm married with a mortgage, SUV and two kids to feed.  AKA - every dream I had has come true.  Now if only I could work three or four days a week instead of five, my world would be perfect :)

I have LOVED every second of having the past two Monday's off work.  I can't express how nice it is to have that extra day to recover from the weekend and have time to actually get some things done.

We had a pretty quiet New Year's Eve.  Nikki & Jack came over to play Saturday morning.  It was really the first time that Mallory has gotten out of the garage and drove her "car".  The weather was warm and perfect and they had a good time with it.

 Jack was such a gentleman & was content to be pushing the car.

I'm sure we will see this again in a real car in about 14 years.  & I will probably need a nerve pill.

How sweet is Jack?!  Or as Mallory has been calling him, Jacky Boy.

We encourage lots of running to get all that energy out.

Great naps are followed by play time like this.

By the way - Mallory picked her own clothes out on this day.



We had planned on taking Mallory to see her first movie that night but Patrick didn't get home in time.  So, being the big party animals that we are, we stayed home and took down all the Christmas decorations.  I was disappointed about missing the movie because I had talked to Mallory about it all day, but it was a huge relief to get the trees down and everything clean and put away for another year.  We also organized the bonus room, put our old tv up there and did some much needed vacuuming.  I was exhausted by 10 pm and did not see the new year come in.  Not the most fun New Year's Eve, but at least it was productive.  I've had my fair share of fun in the years past and there is always next year! 

We did end up taking Mallory to see the movie like we had promised after church yesterday.  We saw Alvin & the Chipmunks - Chipwrecked.  Mallory got sleepy towards the end, but overall did pretty good.  It was a cute movie and she has talked about it quite a bit since.  It is definitely something we will do again soon, but maybe at a different time of day next time.

Last night we ate black eyed peas with my parents and then again today at the hunting camp, so here's to hoping for a very prosperous 2012!