Monday, February 2, 2009

New Year and still bad at blogging!

Happy New Year! I know.. I know... I thought I would be better this year with the blogging thing but not yet! We have had a lot of excitement since the last post in December. 
   We spent 3 weeks in Old Forge over the holidays. Luke started a job for my Aunt Lu Lu so we all decided to head North so we could all be together for Christmas. It was so nice to spend time with our family and enjoy some winter weather. Aunt Cookie and Uncle Korie were nice enough to let us crash with them. We got to go snowmobiling, sledding and we even got Kayden on some ski's a couple of times. He absolutely loved the snow and cried when we made him come inside. Our Christmas was great. We got to enjoy Christmas Eve with My Aunt Lu, Aunt Val, Uncle Bobby, Aunt Linda, and our cousins...Tammy, Brett and Brandon. This was really nice because we have rarely spent a holiday with them and we really got to enjoy our time with them. We spent the morning opening gifts from Santa at Kris and Korie's house and then we went to Grandma Deb and Grandpa's for dinner with Uncle Joel and Great Grandma Betty. After that we packed up the car and headed to another Grandma and Grandpa's house (Melinda and Paul). The day was a little hectic but we are so glad we got to spend time with so much family. Chase's favorite part was eating the wrapping paper! 
  After we spent a few days with Luke's mom we headed to Utica to see my roommate from college, Heidi and her family. We got to see their new house and of course their little boy Owen. We left there and stopped to see our friend Nick from high school, his fiance Ashlee and his new house. Needless to say by the time we got back to Aunt Cookies house we were exhausted. 
We also were able to ring in the New Year with a bunch of our friends at a party Kris and Korie threw at their house. The boys spent the night with Grandma and Grandpa, which we really appreciated.. A LOT! It was one of the few times we have been up that late by our own choice!!!
    We had a wonderful time in NY but it was time to come home. The boys were really good but we didn't want to impose on anyone anymore so we headed back South. Luke was home for about one day and then went back to NY for 2 weeks so he could finish up the job. My time home alone with the boys was good. I give single parents a lot of credit because it is not easy at all. 
   I will add more pictures to a slideshow of our time in NY and also some more recent ones of the boys! They have changed so much!


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