Happy New Year

I cannot believe it is already January! I am so sad that the holiday season is over. I do have one thing to look forward to, which is our Christmas dinner and celebration at my moms house on Saturday. It has been our tradition to do our Christmas after the New Year and I love it. It makes the season last longer.

We had a very fun New Years Day. We woke up and had yummy donuts and fruit for breakfast. Then we took the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was great, Bennett was laughing and dancing through the whole thing. Stella even stayed put through the whole movie.

Then we came home and decided to head down to the beach to play in the sand and get the boys in the water. It was so beautiful down there this afternoon.

We finished the day off by going to Joey's parents house, playing bingo and watching college football. And having a yummy dinner and dessert together. It was great to spend another fun evening with G-ma, G-pa and super aunts Whitney and Taylor. Stella has grown attached to them. We will miss them when they go back to school!

It has been SO awesome to have Joey home for 10 days and to be able to do anything we want. We are sad that he has to go back to work tomorrow. It went by too fast. I have so many blessings in my life. I am so grateful that we are all healthy and that we can spend this precious time together making memories. I look forward to the New Year and I can't wait to see what is in store for us. Happy New Year to everyone!

Bennett was quite excited when he finally won BINGO! This kid loves numbers. He could have played all night long.

Stella's turn to spin the bingo balls.