New Year's Eve and other goings-on

Nathan was able to have lots of time off during the holidays this year and it was really nice to have him home and have time together without having a lot to do. New Year's Eve wasn't too big of a deal. We spent some of the evening with Nathan's sister and her family and came home early to get S to bed. He fell asleep getting her down and I read my book (Seabiscuit) until just before midnight when I woke Nathan. We had a New Year's Eve kiss, got ready for bed, and called it a night. (We're party animals, what can I say?)

Nathan's sister

and her youngest daughter

and her next-to-youngest daughter
All beautiful!

This little girl LOVES to make faces.

The owl jammies and Minnie Mouse
slippers were just too cute!!

Nathan's oldest brother, Jim, was visiting Utah during the holidays. We invited them to go bowling on the day of New Year's Eve and had a great time. It was S's first time bowling and she came in 2nd place! Mommy came in first (amazingly, since she is a very inconsistent bowler)! I'd like that to be a tradition for our family in the future.

We had a get-together one evening for all the family to visit with Jim and his family. S so loved having her younger cousins there to play with. She was acting pretty crazy which is not the norm when she's away from home.

Jim and 2 of his kids

S and Grandma

S and Grandpa

We've taken a liking to cold hot chocolate.
We first had it at Kneaders and loved it.
Nathan found a recipe online and tried
it out and it was very yummy, too!

The "stache" family ;)