Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. We had a very busy few weeks. We had our annual work/family Christmas party on the 21st. It is always nice to get everyone together to eat and play games. We had our family Christmas at my moms house Christmas eve.

We have been lazy the last few days to recover from all of our activities. During all of this Jaden was sick with a temp of 104 degrees Dec. 15-20. I had to take him into the clinic 3 days in a row. It was not fun. Of course I did not sleep at night because I would lay awake listening to make sure he was still breathing. He also would be waking up every hour or so to need something. It was very hard. We had taken him to the kids Christmas program at school two days before he got sick so we are not sure if that is where he got it from.

Now for the last 3 days I have had pink eye and a sore throat. Sal got it yesterday. So I went to the minute clinic yesterday to make sure it was not an ear infection. Hopefully this will pass soon. My throat hurts the worst today.

We are now counting the days down to Kelly's wedding. 5 days not counting today. So I am hoping we can all stay healthy and I can get healthy in time for this special day. We have been busy planning things for all of this as well as juggling Christmas, parties, presents and illness. We need hair cuts for the boys who are ring bearers, dress fittings for me and Ash, getting the boys suits & ties put together and cleaned and much more of course. When the wedding is done I am going to take a short at home vacation and not worry about a thing for a few days.

Have a great new year!

Love, Steph

Wow, time flew by this last month. I don't even know what happened to the month of November. It seems that every year goes by faster and faster. Also each year it seems like we all say wow Christmas arrived so much faster this year. I guess it is just our busy lives that make it go faster each year.

We went to the Christmas tree farm the weekend of Thanksgiving. I had meant to post the pictures but have not gotten that far yet. It was our sixth year going to Evergreen Christmas tree farm. This year we went with my mom and then brought her tree back to her house to help put it in the stand. She picked a beautiful tree. Our tree is perfect as well. The very tip needed to be cut off a little because it was a hair to tall.

The kids had their Christmas concert at school today. They were so wonderful. They have a second one tonight. They have been working so hard on learning the songs.

Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season and spending much quality time with your family and friends.

Much love to you all this year 2008.