2011 Thus Far...

We rang in 2011 with a bang I guess you could say. It was more of a barf, but it was explosive none-the-less (don't you love that mental image??). Jonathan and I were so excited to be able to have a night to ourselves to celebrate New Year's Eve while the kids spent the night at grandma's with their eight cousins (a NYE tradition). We were having a great time at our party hanging out with friends, eating, playing games...until about 11:55pm when Jonathan suddenly tells me "I have to get out of here or I'm gonna puke everywhere." He couldn't even tough it out for five minutes til the ball dropped! So he ran out of the room, I rang in the new year alone, then we sped home in the car (he had to drive since we took the Cavalier, which is a stick shift--I really gotta get on the ball with learning to drive that!) peeled into the driveway, Jonathan threw open his door and proceeded to puke his entire guts out. Literally, I don't think there was anything left in his stomach; it was all over our driveway. But obviously there was some stuff left because he was up all night puking. So not how I pictured this night going.

After a couple days, Jonathan was on the mend and thankfully the rest of us stayed healthy. We've had a great year so far other than that and I've been working really hard on staying more organized with the house and meals. I've gone two weeks now with a menu and I have to say, it's so nice knowing exactly what is for dinner instead of trying to throw something together around 4:50 before Jonathan gets home!

I haven't really taken any pictures yet this year, but I'll share with you a few of the kids playing and goofing around. Here's to a happy and healthy 2011!!