A Glimpse Into Our Christmas

Yes I know we are almost half a month after Christmas...but I thought I would still share a small glimpse into our Christmas!  We had a great Christmas full of family, yummy food, and great memories!!  

Pies I made for dessert

Santa was here - he left half eaten cookies, half drank milk and some chewed up carrots from the Reindeer (which I caught Sissy snacking on)

Presents Galore (this was two families added together)

Annual funny hat photo at the In Laws

Someone turned into a model

Someone turned into a tired model

It was a busy Christmas to say the least but none the less it was magical!!

Desert

Our New Year's was great!! We hit the road Wednesday afternoon for the desert.  For us its about a 3 hour drive.  

The day before we had gotten a big storm so our mountains were covered in snow - it was beautiful! 

We had a pretty big group and a few rotated in and out.  Lucas had fun with his cousins for a few nights - and a sleepover to boot!

Morning snuggles

Test Hill

Shots for New Year's Eve!!  Fireball all the way (until you run out then you have to use Jack)

The results of said Jack & Fireball...My hubby with his hat on fire!!

Kid Clammy - loves to ride his quad...normally he rides around the nearest burm track...however this trip we let him follow behind the buggy.  He did great!

Sunsets are always beautiful


Yes that is a dog in Sissy's lap!!  My mom takes one of her dogs just about everywhere.  

Just plain ol' desert fun and exploring

It was a great New Years!!

Five On Friday - Year in Review Edition

I thought I would change up my Five on Friday a bit...and since I am still reminiscing about the past year - I thought I would share the top 5 moments...mind you it was really hard to pick as it was a great year and we did some fun things and made many, many memories.  

5. Misc Stuff - girls trip to Palm Springs, Desert Trips, 40th Anniversary Party for my Parents, Concerts and Camping Trips!!

 

4. Family Vacation to Texas!!! This was an amazing road trip seeing really cool sites and visting with family!! 

3. Kid Clammy turns 4

2. Sissy turns 1

1.  We moved into our home!

It was a great year!!

January

I am on a roll with goals right now...yesterday I posted about my goals for the year so today I figured I would post my goals for the month of January...

I know I know 8 days in already but since there is still more than half the month to go I figure it's totally acceptable. 

1) Pack my lunch at least 4 of the 5 work days

2) Pick up house each night before bed - even if its 1 room (and for goodness sakes get all the laundry put away)

3) Empty shed at Mom & Dad's

4) Clean out kids toys & clothes.  

5) Have a garage sale - then donate what's left over (gotta pay for the kids college somehow)

6) Finish at least 1 book

7) Host friends for dinner.  I am not talking a big dinner party but have another family over for dinner.  We have this habit of saying let's get together and then we never do...it's time to change that!

I think that's a good start!!

Goals for the Year

Well hello 2015 and hello blog!! It's been awhile but I know you understand with the holidays and all!  But I am back.  I know I say every year that I want to blog more...and by all means I mean it but it doesn't always happen.  I am hoping for at least two posts this week (this being one of them).

So I thought I would start with my goals for 2015.  Just some basic ones that I am hoping to achieve / keep all year long!!


Read...I would love to read at least one book a month.

Blog...I want to try to get into a better blogging routine...meaning more than one post every few weeks.

Prayer...I would really like this to become a habit and stick around for years to come.  We have gotten really good at saying grace at dinner - Kid Clammy usually says it for us!

Cooking...I want to have more meals at home with me (or the hubby - hint hint) cooking than eating at a restaurant or fast food.

Budgeting / Saving...I want to get out savings account built up a little more as well as work down some debt.  I want to be better about spending money and cut back!

Make it a great year!!