That's me backing up, and catching up! November and December flew by in the blink of an eye, and we had so many exciting things happening, and I just didn't take the time to keep you all up to speed....so hold onto your seats....here's a quick catch up and then I resolve (I don't really make new year's resolutions, but I am resolving to do a better job of updating the blog for all of those that love us near and far).
We hosted Thanksgiving at our house, which I love, love, love! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and I just love doing all of the cooking, being surrounded by those that we love, and remembering my Grandma Helen on this day.
Then, we celebrated an early Christmas with my brother Alan, sister in law Sara, niece Ava, and nephew Connor at Chuck E Cheese. These cousins just love each other, and I didn't even realize that the poster behind the kids says "Friends" until I pulled up this picture to post....I love that, because these cousins are the best of friends and just love spending time together. :)
At the beginning of December I also ran (literally) off to Las Vegas with my very dear friend, and the Godmother of my boys, Katy to run the Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon. It was so much fun running 13.1 miles on the Vegas strip(and I set a PR with a time of 1 hour 55 minutes!), and then living it up in Vegas. But, that's about all I can say about that, because you know what they say..."What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!" ;)
Are you exhausted yet? I'm exhausted just looking back on everything we did!
About a week after I returned from Vegas, we were off again, this time as a family. The boys were so excited and had been looking forward to this one for a while....we went to......
Disney World!!!!
We went with Chris's mom (aka Grandma Kathy) and his stepdad (aka Grandpa Bob) and his sister Heather and her boys Kyle and Justin. Oh, the boys were in heaven!! They love Grandma and Grandpa, and they love Aunt Heather and their cousins Kyle and Justin, and as if it weren't enough that they got to spend 4 days with all of these people that they love, they were at DISNEY WORLD!!
We did 3 parks (Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Magic Kingdom) over the course of 4 days and the boys met all of their favorite Disney characters and did lots of fun rides. :) They both loved all of the fast rides, they get that from their dad! Kayden is still talking about how much he liked Tower of Terror....and I did it for them but I couldn't even look the whole time we were on it! :)
We had soooo much fun!! I'll tell you how much fun.....the boys have been praying for Disney during our nightly prayers before dinner, "Dear God, thank you for my family and for keeping us safe, and for keeping us safe on our trip to Disney, please send us to Disney again..." :) I think they had fun. :)
We got back from Disney, and had a wonderful Christmas, spending lots of time with our families and feeling so blessed for all of our adventures and all of the people that love us.
2011 is sure to be another blessed year with many adventure ahead....and we can't wait to share it with all of you! Happy New Year!!
