holiday recap

Christmas felt a bit different this year with the mild temps and lack of snow... that is my attempt to open this post with an excuse as to why I've not posted any of these pics till now ;)

I know, I know, fail

Anywho, here's a short recap of our Holidays

Christmas morning we drove to my parents house and enjoyed this beautiful sunrise on the way.

Note that I said sunrise... a testament to how much I love my family that we were willing to get up that early.

There were lots of gifts to share at my parents house... the amazon box wrapping was my favorite! Haha!

The day after Christmas we spent at the Rogers side. More gifts to share!

And the annual family picture!

We hosted NYE and I took zero pictures.

Thankfully, Annie took a couple food pics with my camera so I could share.

This was the hot chocolate bar

and the yummy dessert table.

Is short, we had a great holiday week filled with family, friends & good times!

Here's to hoping you had the same!

2011 in review

2011 has been my first full year of blogging!! I think the reason I'm addicted is because it's pretty much a picture journal and I'll take pictures over words any day!!

Based on this year's blog posts here's what happened in my neck of the woods during 2011:

I got new glasses,

a new haircut,

and my ears pierced.

Kevin grew some extra hair, cut it all off and then ended up back where he started :)

Kevin also turned the b i g 3 - 0 this year! Woot Woot! We celebrated with friends, fun & cupcakes!

Mia started the year off with knee surgery and is doing great now!

I'm am learning to cut both doggies hair

We shared with our friends & family the blessings of first children:

Ella

Joshua

Katie

and Owen

We celebrated the marriages of

Mike & Stevie

Candice & Nick

and Paul & Krysten

There was more celebrating for my sister's high school graduation

We were able to visit some great places like

St. Louis

Colorado Springs

and Pittsburg

We watched our beloved Cards win another World Series!!

We also kept plenty busy around the house with:

Our first big bathroom remodel

canning grape juice

cooking

decorating with crafts

my first ever furniture redo

and just enjoing life!!!

and that's just a recap! What a great year! God has so richly blessed my life and I can't wait for all the exciting times  2012 will bring!!!

Happy New Year!!!