Christmas Break

January 12th??? Are you kidding me? Is anyone else amazed that Christmas was already 3 weeks ago and we are half-way through January??? I can't believe how quickly time is flying by. The holidays were a lot of fun! Andrew's brother (Jackie) and sister-in-law (Monica) came to visit for Christmas. They are adopting a little 8-year old boy named Malachi so they brought him along to meet the family (along with their dog, Skully). We had so much fun hanging out with them. We spent a lot of time at Andrew's dad's house...just hanging out with everyone. It was fun to watch Malachi interact with the family...he fits right in! We all went to Disneyland one day and had a great time going on all the rides with the kids. We convinced Landon to ride Space Mountain and guess who he picked to ride with? That's right...his Auntie Kym! I was so proud of him! Even though it was crowded (sold out at 2 pm), we managed to go on quite a few rides. Malachi had a blast!

Christmas day was spent at my family's house for lunch and then at Andrew's Aunt's house for dinner. For New Years, we went over to Jeff and Erin's house and hung out with their family as well as Jackie, Monica and Malachi. The kids played Wii and the grown-ups sat around the table drinking wine and chatting. At midnight, we all went out side to watch their neighbor set-off fireworks! It was a change from the usual "ball drop" which we missed for the first time since I can remember. We had a fun time just hanging out with family. Jackie, Monica and Malachi went back to Portland on the 4th. We miss them already and look forward to the wedding when we will all be together again.

All in all, we enjoyed our time off work and the chance to wake-up without an alarm clock! We feel blessed to have had such a happy and healthy 2008 and we can't wait for all the excitement coming up in 2009. (In case anyone forgot...we are getting married!! lol) Hopefully you all had a wonderful Holiday Break as well. Above are some of the pictures taken over the break.