And 2011 is Here!!

Well, 2011 is here.  It is time to start another chapter in our lives.  Last year was full of so many wonderful blessings and some difficult times (but I must say that the good outweighed the bad!).  I am still going back to a comment that was made to me by a friend of mine about book she was reading.  In short, the book is about how we say we HAVE to go to Plan B sometimes (and we tend to groan as we say it because it is not what we had planned) and all the while we are not recognizing that our Plan B was God's plan all along...now that is a different perspective.  I want to look at Plan B from that perspective in the new year.

On Thursday evening (Dec. 30), my brother, his fiance, and her two boys came up for the weekend.  They stayed until New Year's Day.  On New Year's Eve, we spent the evening grilling hamburgers and hot dogs and having some good laughs.  Trey and Logan enjoyed the playroom and running up and down the stairs.  Jackson has been teething so his evening wasn't quite as enjoyable as Trey and Logan's but he managed to fall asleep and slept through the night.  We stayed up until 1:15 am watching Wild Hogs and The Fast and the Furious (it was on Encore) and just laughing and telling stories.  That is the latest I have stayed up in forever!!!  I have to include that on this evening we had to turn on the air conditioner in order to stay comfortable.  Now, one week before it was snowing and a week later we are running the air conditioner. 

On New Year's Day was spent the day at home because the weather was so rainy and nasty.  Jackson and I watched an episode of The Flintstones and took a nap while Ray watched football.  Ray and I stayed up after Jackson went to bed and watched "New Moon" and "The Expendables".  Or at least one of us watched the last movie - Ray slept through it.  It was a nice weekend and a great way to start the year.

Some pictures from New Year's Day:

Trey, Logan, and Jackson watching a video