Happy New Year!!

We brought in the New Year at the Galloway's House! It was so much fun to be with friends. We played Rock Band, Wii, jumped in a Bounce House and watched fireworks. Every little child stayed awake until midnight! Too much fun to be had!

Gavin rockin' out to Boston

Camden and Nathan at the drums

Caitlin and Emily singing

Gavin conquered guitar, now he's on to drums

The whole motley crew

All rockers have their outlet....this group uses a bounce house

We all come together for the countdown....

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Aren't we supposed to bring in the new year with a kiss?

Chris and Carmen, thanks for being awesome Hosts!

Carmen , Shaun, Me and Rachel

Elisa and dad

The Teen Scene, reunited with Chris!!

Gavin and Camden...I can't believe they sat long enough for this picture! They bounced for HOURS!!

Kennedy and Sami

Keriann, Kinsey and Savannah

Kinsey, Kennedy, John and Carver....Lopez family minus Amy and Cooper

Kinsey, Keriann and Savannah

Clay and Keriann

Children playing with explosives (next to propane tank)

Jeff playing with explosives....what else is new?

Lorraine's 40!!

This post is dedicated to the bestest friends in the whole world!

Thank you for making my 40th birthday a memorable one!

Beckie, Me and Michelle

Andrea and Beckie

Alexa and Andrea

Amy and Sara

Shaun and Carmen

Cindy and Stefanie

Amy, Katie and Andrea

Sheila, Michele and Alexa

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, the kids and I (Jeff was on shift) gathered with the vonHack and Galloway families. We enjoyed a great meal, gift exchange and the kids reinacted the Nativity. It was a great evening!

While Camden read his part, Elisa joined in. She was "reading" her part as the Star. She really is a Star!

Keriann is an Angel, no really, she was! Clay is seen in front as Joseph with Mary (Savannah). The Star, Elisa, is still shining in this scene!

This is actually Christmas morning. Keriann opening the gift from her protective brother!

Holiday Recital

Twice a year, Clay and Keriann perform in a recital. This holiday recital, their instructor Ms. Christina, wanted to give me a special birthday present...something I've never seen in 7 years of recitals. My children performing a duet!! I loved it!! It was a gift I thoroughly enjoyed!! They performed "The First Noel". I wish I could have put the entire video on the blog, because they performed flawlessly. Before the duet, Keriann performed a solo..."Christmastime is Here". She did a beautiful job!

Avalon Aglow

The Avalon community closes its streets to celebrate the Christmas season every year. They have tons of booths with vendors, food and services. They have two stages where schools, dance companies, acting groups, etc. perform. They have tons of shows to watch and games for kids to play. They had "snow" and "sledding". I was lucky enough to have Kristen, Gabi and Kai visiting from Utah at that time! They met up with me and the kids and Andrea. Keriann and Sara were IN the cool parade with the Timber Creek Regiment!!

Gabi coming down the slide.

Gabi and Kai leaving the train station!

Here comes your "Timber Creek RRRegimeennntttt"

Okay, so the video isn't that great....I admit. But, I was holding a child AND

trying to find Keriann and Sara so the little kids could see them too!