Long Time No Write!!!

Man, it's been a long time since I've actually taken the time to sit and blog! December was such a busy month! The kids were off track, had vinyl orders galore, and it was just very busy with family, friends, and celebrations! We had a Very Merry Christmas. It seemed almost perfect! The kids had such a fun Christmas, and got EVERYTHING they wanted!
This year, it started snowing on Christmas Eve, and snowed ALL night long, and ALL day long. We woke up to about a foot of snow. Sami actually woke up at 6:00 am. We tried to push her back to a later time, but she had the boys up and awake by 6:30 am. I got up and checked the rolls and sticky buns, an they were ready to cook! At 7:00 am, the kids finally got mom and dad out of bed, and ready to do the Christmas thing. It was fun! We finished up about 7:45 am, and I was tired! Justin had gotten "The Spiderwick Chronicles" in his stocking, so we put it on, while the kids digested all of their new things.
At about 8:30 am, the power went out! It was still kind of dark, so the boys couldn't build their lego's. The movie of course turned off, and playing the wii was out of the question (which is mostly what the boys got for Christmas)! Sami got an IM-Me, which also has to be run by the computer/internet, and it wouldn't work. All three of the kids got Webkinz, and, of course, another thing run by the internet/computer, so .... WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO? We all sat together, listened to my new soundtrack - Mama Mia, and played their new Guess Who, and Domino's. It was nice. It only lasted for an hour, (which I was glad - it was kind of getting cold), and then the power came back on. We continued on with our Christmas Fun, enjoying all of our new things.
At 3:00 (after we DUG our way out of the driveway -- about 15 inches of snow), we headed down to Grandma and Grandpa Lane's house. We stayed there for a couple hours, ate yummy ham, potato's, rolls, etc., visited with family, and of course, opened Christmas!
Sami stayed at Grandma's house, and the boys and I played Mario Kart on the Wii. They all kicked my butt. Then Mark and I watched Mama Mia that night as we went to bed. Perfect!
For New years we had Scott and Heidi, Natalie and Rob and all the kids over. We played games, talked, ate, and had a fun time! At 12:00, we did poppers, silly string, and fireworks! Yeah! We certainly helped bring in the New Year!
Now it's the middle of January, and I can't believe it. Time goes by too fast!
Tonight we celebrated Grandma Lane and Great Grandpa Lane's birthdays.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA AND GREAT GRANDPA!!!
I cooked dinner and invited them and the family to dinner. We had a really good time. Jared and Lindsay came, Grandma and Great Grandpa came, and then the kids and I were here! Mark is working up at the Sundance Screenings, Grandpa Lane was working, and Scott and Marla, and Jeff and Elise had other plans. We missed them all, but still celebrated strong!!!!
Well, that's the most up to date I can get! Happy New Year everyone!