We had a blessed holiday season. We spent Christmas morning here with the boys and it was magical. They were so happy and excited to see the gifts under the tree. Owen was pleased with all of his gifts, especially his Hot Wheels garage toy that Santa left for him. Jase was excited because Owen was excited, but I don’t think he really understood what was happening. He didn’t know what to make of opening presents but by the end of the day he was getting it well. Owen was so sweet, he thanked us several times for his gifts, and he even shouted into the air, “Thank you, Santa!” It seemed that he was feeling quite grateful and that made us happy. Greg was very generous and gave me a Fitbit this year!! It tracks how many steps I’ve taken, what my heart rate is, the distance I’ve traveled, the calories I've burned and how many flights of stairs I’ve climbed! My main goal is to get 10,000 steps per day plus maintain a good resting heart rate. I wear the Fitbit on my wrist, and the particular model I have is a watch too! It's a very cool fitness tool. About once a day I sync my Fitbit with my iPad and it gives me my daily stats. I'm very competitive with myself so it helps me find ways to fit in a little exercise here and there! Way to go Greg, what a perfect gift for me this year!
We left Christmas afternoon to head up to see our family and we had a nice time. We got to see both sides of our family over the weekend and it was all very relaxed, which was nice. After that weekend, we came home and had a quiet next two weeks. We celebrated NYE in style, asleep in bed :) We recently celebrated our 7 year anniversary! Thankfully our neighbor was available and she watched the boys for us so we could have a little date. We went out to a local restaurant and had brunch. It was so good. The display of food was breathtaking! There was everything from homemade coffee cakes to raw oysters! We took our time eating, enjoyed talking to each other and reflected on our 7 years together. We feel very blessed to have spent the morning together. Last year on our anniversary, I had shingles, Jase had chicken pox and Owen had pink eye! What a difference a year makes! A few days later we celebrated my birthday, and we had a sitter for that, too! Thank you Grandmom and Grandpop! We had a nice time that night too; we went to dinner then went to an Irish pub called O’Lordan’s for Greg’s liquid dessert. (Guinness) The pub was so cozy. It was a cold night so it was the perfect place to go since they always have a roaring fire going in their fireplace.
We are settling into 2016 pretty well. Greg has started his semester prep, Owen is back in school and Jase and I are back into our day to day routine. Greg just had some papers accepted into a couple of conferences (yay!) He asked me to go along with him, we’ll see what we can work out for the boys! It will be fun to get away together even if it is just for a few days. Before I even knew about his conferences, I had been getting the ‘travel bug’ ...an itch to get outta dodge. And with Southwest airlines having such cheap flights… Maybe we’ll travel to see friends and family soon, who knows!
May God grant you and yours many blessings in the coming year!
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