New Years Eve and other stuff

Sammie is really into painting, drawing, coloring, stencils, etc. You name it and it is art related she loves it. One Sunday during church Sammie drew our family Christmas picture. We loved it so much that we framed them and gave them to Grandma's for Christmas. We also have one sitting in our living room on our shelf.

(Brynn, Eston, Sammie, Matt, Logan, Lucy)


She got this art easel from Nana and Grandpa Jim for Christmas. She sits at our table every day for about 2-3 hours and draws. She is getting pretty good.



For New Year's Eve we put together a last minute party and ended up with 18+ guests. We had both sides of our families there. Matt's parents and brother and sister came from Idaho and my family all got together to play games in ring in the New Year. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed all of our company.

With a New Year brings advancement in classes at Church. Eston is our new Sunbeam. He is adjusting to it, but luckily had a little boy move into the neighborhood just in time so now he has a boy his age in class with him.



Sammie advanced to CTR 4. She thinks she has aged 5 years by this new move. That girl keeps us on our toes.



We are excited to see what 2010 brings us.

NEW YEARS EVE 2007

We had a great last minute New Year's celebration. Late Sunday night we decided to invite over just a few other couples to ring in the New Year with us. It was a small crowd. Small enough that we each probably could have had our own Martinelli's bottle. We put the four kids down for bed and then sat around and played games and an adult conversation. I kinda forget what that is like. It was really nice just being able to hang out with Matt and not have kids to chase.
The funniest part of the night was the count down. Everyone was so enthralled with Guitar Hero that we looked at the clock and realized it was 3 minutes after midnight. All I have to say is thank goodness for TIVO. We hit rewind and Celebrated New Years 2 or 3 different times. It was funny to those of us who were there. That and it might be the last time in a few years that most of us stay up till midnight Mountain Standard Time. We might just have to start celebrating it as it is going down New York time and then be in bed by 10:10 our time.



We wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that 2008 is a Great one for everyone.