January---coming at you full speed

January was a fun-filled, full speed ahead kind of month, but for some reason I have few pictures to show for it????  Maybe we were too busy having fun to take time out to pose for pictures.  We stayed busy with kids sports...Alli BB and cheerleading, Jeter BB and Rece BB.

Alli's BB team got 2nd place in the league and 2nd place in the play-offs.  Jeter's BB team got 1st place in the league and 1st place (with an amazing semi-final game) in the play-offs.  Fun seasons for both of them.

We went with Mimi to see Beauty and the Beast...super fun :)

AND LASTLY....as many of you saw on facebook, Rece finally got his puppy.  Most everyone knew better than to think we actually would have a real, live animal in our house (gold fish are a stretch for us), but Rece is in love all the same.  He loves to brush him and listen to him breath and make "gowling" sounds when he is peacefully resting...

Rece and Lightning

We hope everyone is off to a wonderful 2012.  See you in February :)

I WOULD HAPPILY REPEAT A MONTH AS FUN AS THIS

Wow what a busy, fun, exciting, fun, wonderful, fun, family filled....did I mention FUN month !!

We started out the month with a bang.  We finally took the plunge and took the kids skiing for the first time.  A shout out to my brother Keith and his wife, Meghan for going with us.  I had not gone since PT school so I knew I would need some help with the kids.  Alex had never gone skiing (basketball coaches are not keen on letting their players ski) so I knew he would be of no help.  So with Keith and Meghan, we each were able to be in charge of one kiddo, and then just let Alex fall down the mountain.  My Mom was amazing and kept Quincy and cousin Kendall busy in the lodge and the condo :)  We stayed the night at Silver Mt and loved the water park the next day.  The kids praciticed up their boogie boarding skills which would come in handy later in the month :)

We had so much fun with many of our annual Christmas events....Breakfast with Santa (Quincy still would rather take 4 naps in a row than get within a football field of Santa--maybe next year she will join us in the pic), Alli's school play (Alli was a grave digger in The Christmas Carol and got to dance to thriller and learn the technique of ratted hair), Christmas baking and our church Christmas play.  All great memories.

We were then off to Hawaii with Alex's family (all 17 of us).  What a wonderful, relaxing, fun-in-the-sun 11 days.  The kids (and parents too) had so much fun with the cousins,kyaking, turtle hunting, jumping off cliffs (mom was firmly planted on the ground), swimming in the ocean, building sand castles, enjoying the luau,and lots of boogie boarding.  Great times !!!

We were looking forward to celebrating Christmas when we got home with Kelli's family.  We had a wonderful celebration and were spoiled by *SANTA*

....And we rounded out the year with our favorite New Years Eve tradition with one of our favorite families...The Mitchells:)

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO MADE 2011 SO GREAT WE TREASURE YOU ALL