YEAR IN REVIEW

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Hey GOODWINS we had fun WHOOPING your butts at Guitar Hero.

We had some good friends 'The Goodwins' come and visit us after Christmas. Guitar Hero face offs were played, the girls dressed up, movies watched, The boys cooked good food, hot cocoa drank, haircuts given, and just plain old fun was shared. Aunt Chrissy and Uncle Jon brought over their Snowmobile and took everyone for rides on the sledding tube behind it. Everyone played outside all day and were completely frozen before they decided to come in. We all had a blast and we really enjoyed spending time with our friends!
Come again when you can't stay so long :)

A CAROLING WE GO!

This week has been filled with lots of fun shared with family and friends. We all made a few goodies for our neighbors and we all went around caroling. I remember as a kid the Hopson's family would carol to us every year, it was fun to watch and the kids thought it would be fun to do and they were so excited. It was nice to see some of our neighbors and see their faces light up with surprise and joy when we sang to them.

Christmas day came and the kids were so excited. They ran into our room telling us that Santa had come. How fun it was to see their joy and anticipation over what he brought them. They all piled up on the stairs to see what treasures awaited. Then they ran down and started tearing presents open right and left. It was so much fun watching their reactions and listening to their "cool", "sweet", "awesome", "what is this?" and so on.

We spent the morning together and then visited with Brian's family. It was really nice to spend time together and also share this holiday with close family members. The memories will be cherished!

AND THE WINNER IS.....

If you read my previous blogs you would know that I am a fan of the TV show The Next Great American Band. Last night was the finale and it was a good one. Each of the different bands were there, christmas medley's were sung, Goo Goo dolls performed and the winner was chosen. Take a look at the two final bands performances.

THE CLARK BROTHERS


SIXWIRE


AND THE WINNER IS......


What a great show. I am looking forward to next year to see which bands make it on the show!

SNOWBALL FIGHT!

We all got together and had a really fun snowball fight. Take a look to see who got hit!

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My new favortie show is The Next Great American Band. It's been on for awhile but I just got into it. I am rooting for the Clarke Brothers to win. I finally figured out how to load youtube videos, so here are the last two weeks of performances. The show is on tonight and I can't wait to see if the Clark Brothers make it through.

Time Flys By

Time has gotten away from me. Brian went to Alaska for work in November and the kids have just been sick one after the other. Poor Euan has gotten the brunt of it all.
Time is again passing by quickly as it is the holiday season. Winter started early for us this year w/ a downfall of snow. We had almost 14 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. It never stopped snowing, I felt so trapped and useless. The cars, driveway, and everything else was totally covered!

Our wonderful neighbor plowed out the driveway for us. He was still plowing @ 10 o clock in the evening. Bless his heart, if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have been able to get out for a few days. The snow has now melted and frozen and become a gross, wet, crunchy, and slippery mess. I can not wait for summer again. Give me 90 degree weather any day of the week over cold yucky snow!

Brian has been busy building his new love...his shop! After living here for 3 years, Brian is finally getting to build his dream shop on our land. It will be really nice having him walk out the back door to go to work. He has had some wonderful help from his friends and family working on this. He could not have done any of this with out them. Thank you to all who have taken time away from your work and families to help Brian on this project. It means a lot to both of us!

I am making it a goal to update our blog more often.
We hope all of you and your families are enjoying this holiday season!