~* HaPpY New Year 2009 *~

Happy New Year! Time has really flown by....hard to believe that we are back to the routine tomorrow! Vacation has come and gone...I can't lie ~ I am glad that our house will be back into a normal routine, things run more smoothly here when we are all on a schedule! I am excited to go back to work and hear the kids tell about their Christmas presents! Tomorrow Garrett will have his Christmas party at school since school was cancelled on the day of his party :) He is so excited for that! He is just plain excited to go back to school!

I had high hopes for the 12 days that I had off, needless to say I didn't do much of anything! I did manage to spend a day with a friend that I taught with in Warren and go out one night with my friends from work, but other than that I got nothing accomplished~ oh well, there is always another day!

One goal I did have was to get the boys' pictures taken! That in itself is a CHORE! We tried about 2 weeks ago and it was a complete disaster! We went to Sears....needless to say Garrett left there screaming and I was in tears myself as was my mother! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh I will NEVER go there again! So today, I set out to torture myself again:) We headed down to Cranberry Township where a friend of a friend takes pictures ~ it was by far one of the most pleasant experiences I ever had with getting pictures taken in a studio setting! Our friend Sly spoiled me with his "in-home" studio and I have been boycotting since he went on STRIKE! I was feeling guilty because poor Ethan hasn't had his pictures done since Sly did his 1st birthday photos!(which are hard to top!) So anyways.....enjoy the picture overload! I was thrilled with them:)