it is a new year. we are home. and we are happy. this holiday season was filled with family and friends and will be documented at some point in time.
its been rewarding to slow down after all the festivities and spend time with my girls again. i tend to be at the bottom of the totem pole when extended family comes around and while it's great to have a break, i really miss the daily menial tasks of being a mom. now we're back into the swing of things with a full week ahead.
this weekend has been wonderful. my facebook status last night read "baked potato bar with AZ navel oranges for dinner, games with the girls (remember don't break the ice? it's awesome), dancing to music in the kitchen, chocolate lava cakes for dessert, books and then to bed. i love friday nights at home - it's just what the four of us needed!"
this morning started with barbies and bouncing little girls in our bed until we reminded them of all their new toys in the next room. that bought us a few more minutes of peace and quiet. we stayed in our pjs well into the afternoon. we took down, organized and put away everything Christmas. grace seemed pleasantly surprised when she asked if we'd put the tree up next year and i said yes. then the girls ran around the coffee table for a good twenty minutes until they were hot and sweaty.
dan put in one of my country mix cds and all of a sudden i was back in high school, when i first heard and learned most of the songs. back when the dixie chicks were a little more respectable. :) alan jackson came on with a favorite, "chattahoochee", and that took me back to my preteen years. look at all that has come about and happened in since then. wow.
this year will be a good one. i'm determined to make it as good and even better than the last. we have a big transition ahead of us - becoming a family of five. dan and i will be outnumbered by kids. i hope we'll be ready.
in the meantime, we'll enjoy life with the four us and see what 2011 has to offer!
4 comments:
3 kids will be great!
I really wish i still loved those dixie chicks. they're so darn good. are they still together?
i still like them. but they can be so ornery. (is that how it's spelled? - no spell check problem with that one.
I love Gracie's face in the popcorn picture...she is so excited!
sarah - i'm not sure about the dixie chicks these days. i haven't kept track of them after the political drama happened. and i think that's how you spell ornery. :)
steph - i don't know if grace was more excited for the popcorn or to be with all the other kids at school. she cracks me up!
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