Happy Holidays!

These past two weeks have been busy but very nice. I've been able to be home and spend lots of time with my little girl. She's so amazing to watch as she learns new things every day. She really enjoyed her Christmas presents, although it took her a week to open them all. She just appreciated each thing so much and had to play with it properly before moving on. She was very happy with her new table and chairs, books, baby Elmo and other toys. She's especially into coloring these days so her fairy coloring book was a big hit. We've had fun watching her and playing with her.

We were blessed to have lots of family visit us for the holidays. We had Scott's sister, brother and father for Christmas. It was great to have them all come and escape the cold and snow for a while. Ryann really enjoyed having them here. She's still asking if "Ganka" and "Kee Kee" went "bye bye."

My brother came for New Year's Eve. He flew in here for a couple of days before going to a race in Anaheim. We were pretty wild and stayed up until midnight this year. We even had a little bubbly to celebrate (sparkling grape juice, of course).

Keeping with tradition, I packed the Christmas decorations on New Year's Day. Scott took down the outside lights today so it's offically over. I still have a few boxes that haven't quite made their way to the garage yet but that'll be tomorrow's project.

Now that the holidays are over, I'm preparing to go back to school on Monday. I've had two weeks off but I feel like I need a vacation after all the excitement of the holidays. It really tired me out. :0) I've had several random naps in the past couple of days. I'm sure the amount of food I've eaten may have contributed to the sluggishness. Anyway, it's back to work Monday so my life of leisure is over. It really has been a nice Winter Break.