Wow!! 2010

Wow time flies. I cant believe that it is 2010 already. We had a pretty good month of December. Rob went to Puerto Rico in the beginning of the month and enjoyed the tropical warm weather. What a nice break from the cold. We hosted the family Christmas party (renee's side) at our house. It turned out pretty well. We werent able to go sledding but had a good time anyway. We had a nice ham for dinner, decorated cookies, played a game, exchanged gifts, and the highlight was Santa. My brother arranged for Santa to come. Ethan asked for an army gun, and Kaylee asked for a purple bike and purple helmet. (she didnt get by the way, those are for her birthday) It turned out rather nice. It was a great time to be with family. I was expecting some sort of drama but it all went well, and for that i am thankful.

The craziest thing that happened over the month was that my mother-in-law got married. This was unexpected to us all. She met him just before thanksgiving and got married on december 21. It was fast and unexpected but we hope she is happy. She seems to be so. We hope she still comes out to visit us as often as before.

Then we had Christmas. This was so much fun with the kids. They were so excited. We went to Robs sisters houses for Christmas Eve. We had a nice dinner, followed by a talent show by the kids, (it was awesome), then off to the nativity play by the kids (ethan was a shepherd, and kaylee an angel) it was so cute. Mary and Joseph are the cutest 2 kids possible. props to them. then we did gifts. It was a lot of fun. We came home and put out cookies and coke for santa. (Because Santa loves Coke) and the kids hurried to bed. Rob did his traditional Betos trip with the brother-in-laws and i got to work on the presents. Kaylee got a princess castle tent. it is enormous. It is 5x5x5 feet. it is huge. It took a lot of work to put it together. It has actual metal poles and is quite sturdy. she loves it though. She got disney princess dressup clothes and we cant get her out of them. Is cute. Ethan got some cool hot wheels tracks, dart gun and his army gun. Taylor got a little pink princess rocking horse. Rob and I covered the banister with blankets and put up the gate with a blanket on it so the kids couldnt go right down there when they woke up. we wanted to have breakfast first. At 6:45 am Ethan woke up and Rob and I heard him hit the gate and knock it over. Rob jumped out of bed and was able to prevent him from going downstairs. We got up and had french toast for breakfast then headed downstairs. It was so much fun to see the kids faces. The were excited and had lots of fun. We got a Wii as well. It has been so fun. It amazes me how good Ethan is at it. Kaylee likes to try it too. Over all the day was fun. The kids got entirely too much. I already have most of their birthday presents too.

We are on to the new year. We went to Heathers house where we had a fondue party and enjoyed one anothers company. We played the Karaoke on the play station. It was so fun. I was suprised that none of my kids went to sleep. Taylor slept for half hour or so but that was it. they were all up until about 1am. I cant believe it. They just keep going. They had lots of fun playing with cousins and watching movies.

so my news years resolutions are (in no particular order of importance):

1. Workout 5 days a week

2. Read at least 1 book a month

3. Read the entire Old Testament

4. Serve my family with a better attitude

5. Be more positive and Kind

hopefully i can live up to these

well that is all for now.

happy new year

renee