NEW YEARS CELEBRATION!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is how we welcomed the New Year! After the busy Christmas Celebration we decided to 'Hibernate'

Our neighbors celebrated with fireworks and shooting off cannons(?) So we heard later, but we slept right through it.

Unlike the New Years Party's in Louisiana where they load the trees with miles of firecrackers. Our first year in La, we spent in the emergency with a co-worker of Clark's when he took a 20 ft drop on his rump while filling the tree with firecrackers. Just the firework show in our own neighbor hood was too fun. Miss that!

Elyse burned her hand...

It's almost better now- update 01-09-09

Say a Prayer for our Elyse, she burned her hand at work tonight. 350 degree hot glue sprayed on her in between her thumb and index finger on her right hand. 3 inches square. She ripped some of the hot glue off on instinct and ripped the skin off. She spent a few hours in the emergency where they had to cut off the rest of the hot glue. She says she'll be OK. I hate being far away. Thankfully Terrence is there by her side. I love my kids!

--Update: Her hand is healing great. Other than the inconvenience of being right handed. She is going to the college cosmo to have her hair washed and done. She's a bit worried about starting school on Monday.

Looking forward to a NEW YEAR!

I love the idea of starting FRESH! I just get an adrenaline rush just thinking about new projects for the year, and setting new goals for things I want to accomplish this year!

And since I now have a cri-cut cutter (thanks to my thoughtful Husband, I didn't even know I wanted one!) I am going to go crazy scrap booking but probably do more vinyl lettering to decorate my house!

Oh and I love the idea that maybe I'll get bold and finally paint my bathroom. And decorate yes I love to decorate!! My focus is my bathroom because the other two bathrooms in the house are decorated so cute and I just can't get a vision of what I want for my own.

And I have a new CAMERA, woo hee, I am going to have fun! I'm going to go blog crazy...

I can't wait to focus on more food storage and preparedness this year... I've already brought home a truck load of WESTERN FAMILY cases. Just cuz I like W.F. So my shelves are getting full again! And my freezer is about full and I feel BLESSED!

I love that I have a zillion ideas for Christmas next year because by next Christmas I can never think of anything fun. So I'm making my list!

I only love cleaning out and organizing in January so I have to take advantage of the urge!

I can't wait to see if the tulip bulbs I planted will come up.

I love when the day's start even an incling of being longer because I know winter will end and I LOVE SPRING!

Life is so good and I can't wait to see what the New Year Brings.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY

IT WILL BE AN AWESOME YEAR!

p.s. we already have plans to come to Utah -- March 16th.... can't wait! see you then!

Winter and Spring in a matter of Hours...

This is after Limon, Colorado... in Denver Clark layed on the grass (without a coat)while taking a break. And getting into Kansas was fields and fields of GREEN winter wheat! Seasons change in a matter of Hours!

This is going over VAIL, Colorado Snow packed and slick but believe it or not not as bad as the road we traveled from Brigham City to Salt Lake City, Utah. On Saturday we probably passed over 20-30 cars off the road.

Our Christmas Picture 2008

Gramps Christmas Surprise!

Shoot the pictures are blurry... Sorry because you don't get Grumpy Gramps to SMILE this big ever! Clark and Nathan conspired on this Gun. It's a special one. I'll post what it is when I remember to ask Clark.

Christmas at Terrence's and Laura's- 2008

Here is the fun at Christmas!