Christmas

Ok, it's taken me a few days since Christmas but my excuse is...well I have lots of them and none of them are good ones. :)

So I don't have a whole lot of pictures of Christmas and the kids opening their presents because I got a new camera for Christmas. The whole time the kids were opening their gifts I was trying to figure out how to work the new camera. So here's what I have.



While I was trying to upload the pictures Jeremy was playing xbox with a bunch of his friends and every time I would try to upload it will kill his connection...so maybe we can get pictures on here tomorrow.

So we had a wonderful Christmas Eve at my parents' house with LOTS of food and games. We had a great time. Our favorite game was Catch Phrase. Tons of fun!! The girls (my, mom, my sister Sheree and myself) beat the guys (my dad, Rob and Jeremy)...no the girls SLOTTERED the guys. LOL.

Then of course we had to track Santa. Finally he was getting so close we had to convince the kids he wouldn't come unless they went to bed. Finally they gave up about 11-11:30 and went to bed.

Santa did come. YAH! And brought more than just coal. We must have all been pretty good this year. My parents along with my sister Sheree came over to watch the kids open their gifts. We got to see and visit my grandpa, the one in New Hampshire, for a little while. That was fun, he has some great neighbors who invited him over for Christmas day. Thank goodness because all of the family is far away.

After a while everyone went home and took their naps. I got a short nap but had to continue playing with all the new toys. Later in the day my other sister, Yvonne, came over with her girls and my parents and Sheree came back for a little while. It's great to have everyone together for the Holidays. No matter what happens in my family I am always happy to see everyone. Family is what the holidays are all about. I love all of my family.

So speaking of family, I consider my husbands side of the family my family also. And we got to spend some time with them the day after Christmas. My mother in law and father in law had everyone over to their house, which makes it even better. I get to enjoy everyone's company and not have to do the preparation or clean up. :) Thanks Laurie and Greg! We had almost the whole family together. We were just missing a few people, which with a big family that's pretty good. But it's just not the same without everyone there. (We miss you Anne and Jas)

So as the year comes to an end I have been thinking about this year, and I decided I feel like I wasted this year. I don't feel like I accomplished much, but was lucky enough to not have a lot of bad things happen to say it was a bad year. I guess what I am trying to say is just that I want to make the year 2011 one to remember. I want it to be a GREAT year not just an ok year. I want to go out of my way to make more people happy. I want to spend more QUALITY time with my family. I want to go on more dates with my husband. I really thing that is what is important in life. We all get so caught up with having to have the house clean and blah blah that we forget what's important. So that is my goal for this coming year. Wish me luck! :) With that being said...I love you all!

Have a Happy New Year.