Heelllo 2011 - The Year of Smiling Faces

OK - so I have the new found need to get things in order and live the life like people do in TV shows. I mean they look so perfect and always have time to get everything done. It's possible right?!? So, here are my goals for the next 365 days:

1) Blog a bit more consistently - I mean really, a quarterly post isn't worth the effort.

2) Get back in shape

3) Learn something new - IDK horticulture, photograhpy, knitting...the world is my oyster :)

4) Finish the Family photo wall that I started 6 months ago

5) Make a trip in the Falcon without having someone tow us back in.

My list looks small, yet doable...ready to take on the challenge of the resolutions...

We went to church on Sunday - the first service of the New Year for us. As the mass ended, Father proclaimed that this year would be the "Year of Smiles". So here's to a year of smiles and productivity!

Before signing off:

Our '74 Malibu Falcon - a family ski boat that everyone envies

Christmas 2010

Say it ain't so...another Christmas under our belt and 2011 is knocking on our doors! We had planned to go snow skiing in Colorado with the rest of the Hensley Crew & Kubala's but we had to bail out at the 11th hour due to work.

So sadly, no skiing for us...I bitterly went back to Academy and returned all my newly purchased ski gear and went in to work on my vacation days. Blah. Whatever!

But Christmas must go on - we had a pleasant yet busy holiday. Most of our holidays, like most married couples, are spent rushing from family to family trying to fit everyone in.

Luckily, this year we were able to split it up a bit. Christmas Eve we went to church and celebrated with Jerry & Beverly and the rest of the fam. Christmas day was spent with Daphne and fam. After the noodle soup and gifts were passed around, we played some games. The first was Bullshit, a card game of fibbing...this was not Granny's game. But Mexican Train was more up her alley. Laura and I played Mexican Train for 5 hours after most had fallen asleep, gone to other families or gone hunting.

The next day, Chad and I went to Church and off to my family to have our Christmas and tacos for lunch. Nowadays, our Chirstmas's consist of little ones ripping their presents to . Then you know the drill, looking for batteries and tools to put their new, shiny toys together.

After lunch, it was time for the grown ups to play. The Bubela's & Garner's gave us Rockband and the keyboard for our WII. The kiddos watched us with eagerness & hope as they begged to play...they were shortly escorted home to take naps ... bawahhahhaaa...I know we can be so evil.

A few pictures to share: