NEW YEARS ALREADY!!

I can't believe how fast the past 2 or so months have flown by! We had such a lovely Christmas season! We started out with our anual carriage ride & visit with Santa(it's so nice for the kids to get some time to visit w/ him), then that same evening, we went to the boat parade near my parents house, where Nathan volunteered to lead the crowd in singing Jingle Bells....too cute! Shortly after, we enjoyed Gregory & Nathan performing in the Christmas Pageant at church. Gregory was a Sheppard & Nathan was a cow....it was a great production, and all of the kids did a fabulous job! We hosted 3 family Christmas parties at our house. Our Christmas Eve sleepover with my parents and sister & her husband was a blast...many fun memories were made:) Then came the big Christmas party with all of the relatives from CA(that was not at our house), it was so nice to get to see everyone, and all the kiddos had such a fun time together...many WII playoffs. We rang in the new year at our house with my parents....had a fire in the pit, ate a ton of good food, and enjoyed a lot of football games. It was a great season, and many fun times were had....I'm still working on getting all the decorations down.
A couple of weekes into the new year, and we've started our backyard remodel.....changing it up a bit with a rock/firepit area, new trees & plants & and a new huge wood swing set....still working on that(it came with a 40 page instruction guide)! It will be so nice once everything is done....it's been a fun project....