Ringing in the New Year !!!!

We had a really fun time on New Years Eve. Doug, Aubree and myself went to a church and eat snacks and played games til midnight. We all had a blast !!! I did not know that Taboo could be soooooo much fun. We laughed so much. Kolten went with Christine and her family and played Kolten's favorite game Risk til way too late o'clock in the AM. We did not ask Dellis what he was up too we called him and he didn't answer his phone until today so who knows? We are glad that 2008 is over !!! It was rough and rugged for our family, but we did it. Doug having three surgeries in one year was almost too much for him but he did it and we are glad he is back to work and feeling a little better. Dellis moving away from home was hard on the whole family especially his mom, but we are happy that he is happy. Kolten graduating from High School and receiving three scholarships was a wonderful accomplishment that we are proud of him for, there has been some stumbles but we know that he can do it. Aubree is growing up way too fast and making everyone run in fifteen different direction at once with her, and Monica has been working hard to keep everyone all together. We are blessed and thankful that our little Brodie is happy and healthy. It is really hard to know that he is many miles away from us but we look forward to his visits this spring. We are blessed to live in a country where we are free to make our own choices but we all know that our freedom is not free. We are grateful for each other, for our health, our jobs and yes even and the dam kids (hahaha). We are grateful that we have loving extended families. We love to spend time together with them when we can. We are happy together and for that we are grateful. Now onto our next adventure that is right around the corner. . . TAX SEASON. . . grrrrrr. Come on 2009 we are ready for ya bring it on !!!! Love ya all :-)