Happy 2012

We were lucky enough to spend New Years weekend in Leavenworth with friends in a cool old farm house. Highlight of the weekend was deep fried oreos, sliding down the icy hill in Leavenworth, and snow beginning to fall right at midnight. I love watching snow fall and it really made the New Year beautiful. 



Brad deep frying turkey and potatoes.

 Also, deep fried oreos -yummy!!!! We deep fried ding dongs and twinkies too but the oreos were by far the best (and a heart attack waiting to happen). Good thing calories don't count until 2012.

 These silly girls had a great time running around, constantly moving and playing. I think it will take days for Abi to recover.

 In Bavaria. We shopped, had a snack by the fire, slid down the icy hill, and took in the pretty lights. -And oh my goodness it was cold!

Super heroes in action. Brad=Captain Food, Me=Super Toot (fake buns, toot machine and all), Larsons= The Incredibles, Glen=Wife Snatcher (fitting), Kris=Evil Knievel? (Gillian strategically placed), Gillian= Spider man, Kristen=Super mom (sweet mom jeans, velcro shoes, and hair scrunchy). Good thing we got a good picture of the ceiling fan :) 

Lucas and Ben too cute! They actually look a lot alike.

Any excuse to take pictures of this cutie pie. I didn't pack any toys for the weekend but Ben had a fabulous time watching the other kids run wild, learning how to climb up and down stairs, and carrying around empty water bottles. So sweet and easy to please at this age.

This year I'm hoping to be the best wife, mom, daughter, sister, and friend I can be. I strive to have more patience with my daughter and take more time for myself to get in shape. This year I am going to spend time (catching up) writing in the kids baby books and doing more fun stuff with the kids. I'm pretty sure I already failed at having patience with Abigail today as when we were getting packed up to come home she was in full (exhausted, hungry) meltdown phase. At least I have another year (minus one day) to make good on my goal.