Peg’s Journal

Today was Ashlyn’s first day back to school. While she was on winter vacation, I took a break from my webpage….mainly because we kept busy everyday, and by evening, well….I was just too tired. Although I’m sad her break is over, it’s good to get back to the old routine.

The last two and a half weeks were filled with holiday festivities, joyous celebrations, and LOTS of pictures (10 albums below)!

Christmas up in NorCal trip was a total blast. We spent a lot of quality time with my family and got to see some friends. Our annual Christmas Eve celebration at home was a lot of fun (although we missed Sis, Chris, and Amanda dearly). We had a huge buffet spread across my parents’ kitchen island, caught up with relatives, ate and drank merrily, laughed, hugged, kissed, and opened an insane load of presents. We were all spoiled with soooo many gifts…especially the kiddies.

We rang in the New Year with our close friends (5 other families) at James and Grace’s. We had our traditional prime rib dinner with all the fixings, enjoyed a chocolate fountain and fruit crepes for dessert, played Wii, sang karaoke, exchanged gifts, and had a grand time. The whole evening flew by so quickly.

Somewhere in between Christmas, New Years Eve, and this past weekend, we:
- spent the day with Grace for her birthday.
Imagine lunch at Claim Jumpers…3 adults + 10 kids = crazymessyloud. HAHAHA!
- Wing and Em’s visit
- Nancy and Steve’s wedding
You know Aric’s co-worker thinks you’re old when you get seated at the table with the bosses. HAHAHA!
- playing Wii
Aric’s Christmas gift from himself me. I am sooooooo sore all over from bowling, tennis, baseball, and boxing, but it’s soooooooo much fun!
- Disneyland with Patti, Karis, and Joshua
- Lauren’s birthday party at SkateZone

Okay, so you’re all caught up now.

Tags: birthday party, Disneyland, family, friends, kiddies, NorCal, pictures, Weddings, yummy food