The week between..

So, the week between Christmas and New Year's is always up in the air-at least with my family. Christmas was nice, we had lots of food and candy of course. Karen got TONS of presents-I don't know if we can fit them all in our suitcases, we might have to ship some stuff back. So after Christmas we didn't do much. On Thursday we went to the beach, which means that I've been to both oceans in one year! I think that's nifty because I'd never been to the ocean before in my whole life. Karen has been great; she's a real trooper. She loves playing with her young aunts and uncle and the grandparents. She is not going to like going home and being stuck with mommy anymore!

Happy New Year! It was fun to stay up late and all that (Karen didn't make it though) but I realized that Midnight here is 3am where I'm going back to on Wednesday. It made me tired just thinking about it. However, with all the junk food, movies, and puzzle going on-besides all the people-I managed to forget that and have some fun. I thought it was nifty that they had a youth fireside on New Year's; I didn't go, but my sister and parents said it was really nice.

Well, it's been a really nice holiday vacation. We're pretty much ready to go home now, but it has been so nice to see everyone and spend time with family before we go back out on our own. I hope all of you had a great holiday season and have some great resolutions for the new year. Some of mine include (of course) losing those few (okay many) pounds and reading the NT and possibly D&C-I'll have to work out a schedule for that still. Everyone be sure to have a fun time the last week or so before school starts back up and real life takes over again! I've got to sort out my pictures so here's just one to get the year started.