Happy New Year!

I just noticed it has been over two weeks since I wrote an entry. I am sure it is due to the craziness of the holidays along with the week in Oregon. I managed to get through it all with just one minor breakdown. I always want to have everything packed and organized the day before we leave along with all of us in bed by 8. Well, when I realized that was not going to happen, I had a bit of a panic attack. But all was well and we made it to Oregon and back safely and sanely.

The kids had a great Christmas. I think they got everything they wanted/needed/ever dreamed of. Sophie traveled like a dream. She only was fussy when she was hungry or had a messy diaper. I was really pleased and astonished with how well she did. Jack and Bella were good as always, they are used to the long car trips and know we will get wherever we are going eventually. We played car baseball, and I won. Jack made up the game and I think he slanted it in my favor. Every red car was a single, green, blue and white got you out. Emergency vehicles were home runs. There were a few others, but I don't recall them all right now. Bottom line, I beat Nate 82-18.

My brother brought his girlfriend and her kids this year. All the kids had a ball and got along swimmingly. Her youngest happens to be named Jack, so we had 7 year old Jack and 3 year old Jack. He didn't really want to be called little Jack, so we will have to figure out something else. They gave Isabella a makeup kit for Christmas and she proceeded to paint my fingernails and toenails. She did a decent job for a four year old, and she got quite a kick out of being able to put glitter all over my face.

Jack got scrabble from his great aunt and uncle, and a dictionary from one of the grandmas and I think he was entertained by those for hours. I love that he can go from playing Star Wars to spelling out ordeal in scrabble and have the same amount of fun doing each. He always inspires me to enjoy what is going on and love whatever I am doing.

We went out to dinner for Nate and my grandma's birthday. Nate got some money toward a bike and a few other fun things. We are going to try and go biking this summer all together, so he needs one and we will have to get a trailer for Sophie.

Then we headed back to Utah for New Years. We stayed up mainly because Sophie was still awake, I know we are party poopers, but well rested most of the time. Today we went on a cleaning/unpacking blitz, as Nate's fam came over for pizza and games. It feels good to have the house mostly clean. I really need to organize the girls room, but we are overall good. I can't believe it is 2008, we spent the evening going over goals for the year and getting ready to jump back into our regular schedules. We were so blessed in 2007, if this year is even half as good, we will be lucky kids.