Happy New Year's!

We were lucky enough to attend the annual Walker New Year's party!!  My kids look forward to this ALL year long.

Played some various "minute-to-win-it" type games!

The sisters wrapping up mom

Girls watching a late night movie.  I LOVE that their dream lights are all lined up at the bottom of the bed...

Getting ready to make some NOISE!!  2013 here we come!

While we were in Utah we went to the trampoline park and to lunch with cousins.

My New Year's resolution is to make some New Year's resolutions.

Merry Christmas 2012!

Christmas again?  Why yes it is!!  It seems like this holiday keeps coming faster and faster each year!  When will time slow down?  Here are some highlights:

The kids had their own tree this year and asked Santa in their letter to put his gift to them under that tree.  He obliged.  Brylee got a Kai, Ethan got a Ninjago Lego set and Alexis got an Ipod Touch (which was later exchanged for a Kindle Fire - LONG STORY.)  But everyone was happy!

Some favorite pics from the morning.  I am the meanest mom and tell my kids they can't get us up until 8!

(proof I was there)

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Merry Christmas to all!

Pre-Christmas Festivites

Anyone who half knows me knows that I LOVE Christmas.  I not only love Christmas - but I love all the festivities leading up to Christmas and traditions are a MUST.  Just a few from this year:

Brylee was my only one to sit on Santa's lap at the mall....but she loved it!  Her BFF Molly was with her.  (Sidenote: our Santa was FAMOUS this year!) If you click here it proves it:  http://www.ktvb.com/home/Boise-mall-Santa-famous-after-picture-goes-viral--184816021.html

Polar Express party..one of my favorite things!  This year was no exception.

Each Christmas Eve day we alwasy check on the reindeer to make sure they are getting ready to go...

This year, we went bowling and played arcade games at Big Al's on Christmas Eve.  Very fun!

Plus we skype with cousins, make cookies for Santa and open pj's.  After tracking Santa on Norad...the kids head for a sleepover.

 

Let Christmas begin!

What happens in Vegas...

gets blogged!

Went to Vegas the first weekend in December to run the Rock and Roll Half Marathon.  SO FUN!  Definitely up there as one of my favorites that I have run so far.  The run starts at the south end of the strip and goes 2 miles out - then you run ALL the way down the strip, through some shady neighborhoods of Vegas...and end up back on the strip by Treasure Island.

Here is a view of the strip from up above.  I am in there somewhere I promise...at least my sister says so :)

After finishing - woot woot!  Not my best time, but it was also really windy the last 3 or 4 miles.  I did finish in the top 4% of almost 14,000 females so I will call that a win.

We also may have had a little time for some fun :)  My sister and her husband met us there and we ate lots of food, gambled (maybe just a smidge - I can neigher confirm nor deny how long I actually sat at the video poker machine) hit David Cooperfield (there was a whole lot of smoldering and very little magic) and just took in the sights. 

There were advertisements everywhere for a big fight that was taking place the following weekend.  My sister and I laughed and laughed because we thought it could be a photo shopped version of our husbands )  What do you think?

It's weird, but a little part of me feels like Vegas is "home" since we spent a lot of time there when I was a kid.  We had family that lived there and I would LOVE to visit.

I will definitely run this race again next year!  Who's in?