Bloggless for 6 months! Yikes

Well, at least I can end the year in a blog! Soooo much has happened in the last 6 months, and I haven't blogged about any of it...I've been busy I guess! We went for 16 days on a trip to Florida to meet Mickey and to visit Ben's aunt and uncle in Fort Myers. We had a spectacular vacation, even though I found myself VERY homesick...not necessarily for MY home, but just for the north west. I guess FL just isn't for me, although a short vacation always suits just fine :) The kids were so excited the entire vacation and of course places like Disney are much more magical through a childs eyes! Ben's parents were with us for the majority of the time and we had so much fun on our family vacation.

Our latest adventure as well as you all can relate, I'm sure...Christmas! Amongst all the hustle and bustle, I love to remember as to why we have Christmas in our lives. A king is born, Hallelujah! And this year we celebrated 1st a weekend prior with Ben's mom, dad, sister and brother in law at our house. Saturday we had a beautiful dinner of prime rib, roasted potatoes, asparagus and Cesar salad(I even used my china :) We then had the privilege in watching Chloe, along with her cousins Alexis, Allison and Payton in her first recital with Breakdown Dance! You'll see what I mean when you see the pictures how scared her dad was when he saw her with all that makeup:) He said "Oh my gosh...if this a glimpse of what she's going to look like in 10 years...we're in BIG trouble" She's pretty cute :) And she was so proud!!!

Next stop...Eagle Crest! 3 houses, 38 people and a VERY Merry Christmas! We rented a beautiful home along with my mom and dad, brother Chris, his two kids Easton and Elise and his girlfriend Billie joined us! I LOVE when the kids get true uninterrupted cousin time :) So precious! In "the Big house" was My aunt and uncle Roby and Marcia. Their daughters, Kim, Keri and Robyn and their husbands, and ALL their kids! 10 in all :) In the 3rd house was Johns parents, John and Vicki, Andrew(robyn and Johns live in Nephew) and his mom Nicki and her other two boys! My mom shares a birthday with Jesus, and so needless to say, we celebrate in a BIG way :) Family is such a blessing from God, and it melts me to know that we all feel that way about each other!