Update Time!!

WoW!! I cannot believe how quickly two months can go by. Not much more than our everyday craziness has been happening, so I guess maybe that's why I haven't kept up on the blogging, but I will try to give a quick recap so we can keep you informed. We had a busy holiday season, as I'm sure you all did as well. Matt's annual work party at El Mexicano (YUM!!), Ward Christmas Party, school parties, dance performances, weekly YW activities, etc......it seems like we never have a minute to stop and ponder or reflect on the meaning of it all. We had a very nice friend in our ward here take some family pictures for us, and I am so grateful to her for her time and patience. She just went where we wanted to go, and used her awesome camera so we'd end up with a good quality photo that I could blow up for a beautiful project we did at our RS Enrichment activity. You can go to www.poppyseedprojects.com and check out the awesome pictures they do of the temple and families there. I already had a temple, so I just had to have the family one to compliment it!!
And ever since we moved to Monroe I've wanted to take pictures in front of these old theater doors, I think they make the perfect backdrop. I really like this one of the kids :)

So, anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas, though my only wish is that we actually could have spent more time with family!! (Love them all so much <3!!) The kids and I did head to my mom's on Christmas day, leaving Matt home alone (I HATE that!!) because he was on call for EMT. Stetson, Sadie and McCrae stayed with my mom and other family there to have fun and be entertained while Sydney and I came back home to take Matt in for surgery. For about two months he was suffering from some pain under his ribs on the right side, and came to find out it was most likely his gallbladder--so he went in on the Monday following Christmas and got it cut out!! He took that week to rest and recuperate and has felt incredible ever since. I'm so grateful for modern medicine!!
We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas break with the kids out of school, as we usually do, staying up late and sleeping in daily. For New Year's Eve we spent a quiet and somewhat dull evening at home, that is until the clock struck midnight~that's when we went out on the front porch and woke up our neighbors with poppers and noise makers!!
We had a wonderful and blessed 2010~and only hope that 2011 will turn out as good, if not better!!