Happy New Year!

Wow - 2009 is here already! It's hard to believe that another year has flown by. I can't believe Christmas is over, let alone all of 2008.

For Christmas Eve we managed to get the last 3 seats together at the 4:00pm children's mass (at 3:15!). The kids did great despite being at church for double the time. Then we enjoyed dinner with Nana and Grandpa and Mike's sister's family. The girls both fell asleep in the car after a busy day, so getting to sleep Christmas Eve was a breeze.

Lindsay woke up first at 7:20 and patiently waited until 7:30 to wake up Katelyn. I've never seen Katelyn wake up so quickly. I've already threatened to wake her Monday for school by saying "Katelyn, do you want to see if Santa came?" My guess is she won't fall for it.

There was no sign of a down economy in our family room. The piles of wrapped presents extended far beyond the reaches of the Christmas tree branches....and it took maybe an hour for the girls to unwrap everything :) Thanks to all of our wonderful families for sending gifts! We really are very spoiled! (Real thank yous are coming soon.) On, Christmas Day we went to Kelly's for brunch and then to Nana and PopPops for another delicious dinner and of course more presents.

We had a wonderful time ringing in the New Year with lots of neighbors and friends. Even the kids made it up to welcome 2009!

Best wishes to everyone for a happy and healthy 2009!