Bringing in the New Year

Christmas was a little different in 2008. We celebrated with Donny's side of the family the weekend before Christmas. (Sorry no pictures.) We spent Christmas Day just the three of us at home. (Again, no pictures....sorry.) I have to say this will take some getting use to. As a child I celebrated Christmas with my parents on Christmas Eve night then went from one side of the family for lunch and the other side of the family for dinner on Christmas day. Not only were we stuffed to the gills but it made for a pretty tiring day. I grew to dislike the holidays because of the hustle and bustle. So, Donny and I decided that when we had kids we'd always celebrate Christmas Day at our house. Sounds nice and relaxing.....yeah.....but believe it or not, I kind of missed the ol' hustle and bustle.

Anyhow, the week after Christmas we went to my folk's place and brought in the New Year. It was a lot of fun. I got to reconnect with some of my cousins and was able to spend a lot of time with my side of the family. Christmas felt like a month this year. All of the family and food and memories made; I could not ask for more.

I thought you may like a couple of picture of my favorite memories from that week:

Pa and Grams bought a wagon (sports utility version) for Cole to ride in while at their house. We each took turns riding up and down their driveway almost every day. Cole looked forward to the ride (and so did we ;) ).

Cole got a plush rocking horse for Christmas that whinnies and makes a trotting sound when you squeeze the ears. He got a bit confused and tried to make Socks whinnie by squeezing his ears. When nothing happened, Cole proceeded to stick Socks' ears in his mouth. That's where Socks drew the line.
We made some great memories in 2008. I am looking forward to all 2009 has to offer. I wish everyone the best. God Bless.