Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christmas was super fun, again this year! Whoo Hoo!

I spent the morning with Steven and his family while we watched the little kids open presents, Jacob is 6, Amber is almost 3 and Alyssa is 2. Then we had a yummy breakfast prepared by yours truly! I made country brunch which is what my mom would often make for Christmas Day and there's so much of it you need a big crowd to finish it off, which is exactly what happened!

Here's Jacob focused intently on his tower. He does not like getting his picture taken so getting one where he's actually looking in my general direction without a scowl on his face is a challenge I have yet to conquer!

Here's Amber opening the book I gave her, Jamberry, one of my favorites. She was so excited that she wanted to open Alyssa's too and add it to her own stack! "Another one, please." She said

Here's Alyssa in front of the tree with her new baby doll care kit on her arm.

After presents, breakfast and a quick jaunt outside, and I mean really quick, as it was about 16 degrees with wind chill, so Jacob could try out his new scooter, Steven and I then came back to my house to open presents to each other and the ones I received in the mail from my family-which I don't have any pictures of... drat.

And off to Kristi's house I went to spend the rest of the day there with her, Richard, and the kiddos.

Left to right is Zack 12, Tashi 14, Audree 18, Bree 16

Here's Zack snuggling with the new super soft throw he got from Kristi, wearing the Jester hat that I made him!

Here's me with my super soft throw from Kristi! I call it my Cookie Monster blankie. ;-) The fuzz is longer on one side than the other. The short side kinda reminds me of Grover lol

New Years isn't something I usually put a lot of effort into and it just so happens that a friend of mine called a bit out of the blue and reminded me that the Dances of Universal Peace were happening New Years eve, which is true every year, and I'd been wanting to start attending again, so I did! And Steven came too, though just to watch. I had a great time reconnecting with folks I hadn't seen in a couple years and being involved with the dances again. My New Years resolution is to attend every month again, like I used to. Steven and I ducked out a few minutes early and caught the fireworks display launched from the Prescott Resort. Got just close enough to hear them and feel them whilst being snuggly ensconced within the warmth of the Jeep!

Hurray! Happy New Year!