I cannot believe that in 2 days it will be January. We had a very rough year losing my dear Grandpa in July and then my Uncle Kevin only a few weeks before Christmas on the 8th. I hope and pray that 2010 will be a better year for our family. Other than those two things, we had a great year.
We spent Christmas this year traveling from house to house. Christmas Eve was spent with the Ransom's as usual although this year we only stayed for a little while because we wanted to add one thing. I have never (in the 12 years Josh & I have been together and 4 that we've married) spent a Christmas with his family. They celebrate on Christmas Eve at his Aunt Connie's house. We were there around 5:00 and had a very yummy Jambalya dinner, played games and visited. It was a lot of fun and Jaxon was soooo ready for bed when we left around 10:00.
Christmas day was spent at my mom's with a Prime Rib dinner that was fabulous! We all got spoiled as usual and had a lot of fun. Ken's kids were there which made it a larger gathering than usual which was nice. Next year will be crazy because we will have both Jaxon & Levi running around...and who knows, maybe there will be another baby?!?!?! Christmas night, Mom, Ken, Lindsey & Matt all came over and we played the Wii. It was super fun for everyone but Mom fell asleep on the couch and slept through everything. She definitely needed the sleep though so we let her get away with it!
The day after Christmas was spent at my Grandma's house in Sunnyside. All of my cousins were there which was nice. We haven't all been together since Christmas 2006 and my Grandmas house was packed. She made a wonderful Rib dinner and lots of wine was drank, although not by me! It was a very long day and Jaxon was sleeping within just a few minutes of getting put in his carseat...poor little guy. The past few days have been spent trying to get him back on his schedule.
So, for New Years we have no big plans. Hopefully we'll just ring it in with a few friends and some family. I go back to school January 8th to start my second semester and after being out for almost two months it will be hard to get back into the swing of things. I had just barely got into it when the first semester was over....
Hope you all have a fun and safe New Year!!
