Stephen said to our children, "I never thought I’d see the year 2010. When I was a kid that just seemed so far away!"
Today is the official first day of 2010. We welcomed in the new year with a bang by eating fondue – sweetened condensed boiled in the can on the stovetop for 1-1/2 (it turns to something like caramel) then dipping cut up apples and bananas in it. Before that we played lots of fun games and laughed. Lex, Lily, Olivia and I made some 2010 glasses earlier in the day to help ring in the new year. BTW – I did get my first new year’s kiss at 12:midnight! All of our family were able to stay up until midnight – even JT! He was a die hard.
We spent the rest of today having fun in the snow and playing with the Parker Family at a "Christmas Party" where all of the children opened their highly anticipated gift from Grandpa & Grandma Parker – traditional p.j.’s personally labeled for each child! Each shirt said "cousin power" and then the child’s name. Lot’s of work for Grandma! She has been busy, I wonder how she found time in the middle of building a house, moving, and cleaning! Pretty amazing I think. It was fun that all of Stephen’s siblings were here together.
I was really sad that the weather didn’t cooperate for us to go to Utah to spend time with the Baldwins! All of our children were upset too! We really wanted to go see my mom, "Grandma Baldwin" for her 64th birthday. We made it to Pocatello when we decided to turn around. We had seen 8 cars off of the road and the storm seemed to be getting worse. Plus, you can’t deny feelings when you don’t feel good about something right? Wish we could have been there, I’m sure we missed out on lots of fun memories!
We were also busy resanding and staining 1000+ square feet of hardwood flooring earlier this week. It was a pretty big mess, but worth it in the end. The floor looks fabulous.
Tomorrow is sure to bring more social events that will keep all of the children bouncing with excitement. There is never a dull moment around here – although I wouldn’t mind one once in a while?!
Comments:
michelle said…
I like the glasses! they look great-thanks for the fun memories-we always love spending time with our fun family.
Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:12:44 PM
Stephen said…
It wouldn’t be any fun without Jodi, she makes life monumental.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:02:14 PM