(this picture was not taken on New Year's Eve. I love the kids playing in their backyard :))
New Year's Eve was spent at The Pearce Home. But we first had a fun visit with Carmen. She came over to spend some time with us and we drove up to the lot and filled her head with all sorts of house stuff, that is super fun and interesting to us but maybe not so much for her :). She was a good sport and was excited for us.Otis took a special interest in Carmen, as most of the nieces and nephews do. He quickly went up to her and mostly, just wanted her. It was cute and Im sure Carmen loved every minute of it.
After our little visit with Carmen we headed to see our friends the Nakaya's for like two seconds. The holidays were so busy that time to see them was super limited. But I am glad we saw them just the same :) THEN, we headed to The Pearce's for dinner and some fun looking at old, OLD pics of the Trevino family. [(a little random here) Dave has taken on the task of scanning ALL of the pics Al has EVER taken. He and Leah started with the slides. There are some PRICELESS pics in there. Leah is doing some "genealogy" (which would make Karen SO proud) and earning a little cash while doing it]. We then just hung out and chit chatted.
I was grumpy and frankly not feeling well. I didn't enjoy the night as I normally do. Truth is the changes that have occurred in the last 3+ yrs have been VERY hard and this is the reason for my grumpiness. Life is not the same and although I try to make the best of it, sometimes I get down and it affects my "mood." I hope it didn't ruin anyone's night. We took off shortly after 10 and got the kiddos in bed early.
I think Dave and I watched a movie that night and that was really nice :)
Some Randoms:
Carmen made Leah and I sweaters! Carmen is a fantastic knitter and we LOVE it when we get something from her.
Leah wore her sweater EVERY day for an entire week. She even wanted to sleep in it! I had wanted to take a picture on Sunday, because we both wearing our sweaters with our boots... We were super cute ;), but she was starving when we got home that we missed the opportunity. Still, WE LOVE OUR sweaters!!!! Thanks again, Carmen. XOXO
Leah and Dave scanned TONS of slides over the winter break. They worked side by side and Leah loved it. The pics carry great memories and we have enjoyed seeing Dave and his siblings as well as Grandpa and Grandma when they were all so young. I will post some of my favorites on another post.
This has also been Dave's "office" since we moved her last June. It makes for a very messy kitchen/family room, but it is nice to have him so close :)
Leah, Mylo, Milli and I went to watch Esteban and Marcos play some indoor soccer. It was fun to cheer them on and although they lost, I enjoyed watching them play together. They are both great athletes :)
(this post took me forever, to post! UGH!!! Glad I am done with it :))
