New Year

I just looked at my blog and realized, I didn't do so well in 2009. Here's to doing better in 2010 (ok, so January is almost over).

Christmas was amazing. I worked the week of Christmas, but was lucky enough to have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. Ian got a job at UPS for December as a driver helper. He brought home tips, butcher meat, and chocolate. It was a fun time for him, but unfortunately, that job ended Christmas Eve. It was back to looking for jobs for him.

Christmas Eve my brother-in-law Shane drove up from Southern CA. He stayed with his parents, and we got to spend the day with him after Ian got off work. We went up to Dutch Flat to spend time with Ian's family. It was a very nice night with orderves (sp?) and talking. We came back down to Rocklin and walked around the neighborhood to look at all the Christmas lights and decorations people had in front of their houses. I walked that neighborhood 3 times and never took pictures :(. You'll have to wait until next year.

Christmas Day I was up at 5:30 A.M. Yes, I was up before my 2.5 yr old. I stayed in the bedroom and looked at e-mails and facebook on my phone. Hunter woke up at 7:30, Ian woke up shortly after that, and McKenna was the last to wake up. I took a picture of all the presents in front of our tree, and will post that this weekend. I didn't take any pictures of presents being opened since I played Santa. Family came over at 9:00 for breakfast and presents. It took us 1.5 to open all the presents (a lot of them were for Hunter and McKenna so it took longer, and we have a tradition of opening presents one person at a time). We had eggs, biscuits and gravy for breakfast with yulekaka bread and Goat's cheese with it. The family took off so Shane could get dressed, and they could take a nap. That afternoon we headed up to Dutch Flat again for dinner. It was a nice dinner with more orderves (sp?) and lots more talking. I always enjoy going up there.

The New Year came and went. We had the missionaries over for dinner, then played games with Ian's parents. They left at 11:00 to get home before all the traffic got bad, and we put Hunter to bed. I fell asleep on the couch at 11:45 with McKenna on my stomach. I tried so hard to not fall asleep, to make it to midnight. Ian came to wake me up at 12:00 to give me a kiss, wish me a Happy New Year, and told me to put McKenna in bed and come to bed.

Since the New Year, Ian attended 2 weeks of County supervised job workshops. The last day of class, Ian got a call for a job at Famous Footwear for Assistant Manager. He gets $9/hr and will work 30 hours a week. We were happy for him.

I promise to put pictures up this weekend of the girls (they're getting so big). Until then, keep being who you are and remember we love you.

P.S. Losing weight this year. Lost 10 lbs since November. Let's hope I'm more healthy in 2010 than I was in 2007, 2008 and 2009.