hApPy NeW yEaR!

Happy new year to everyone! My new years resolutions are to stay home more, enjoy my family and get more things done around the house!
That said, I have a lot of catching up to do! Christmas was great around our house. We pretty much started partying the Sunday before Christmas, and didn't stop until New Years. We have a lot of December birthdays, My Kadens is Dec 24th my sisters is the 23rd , my nephew Treyce is Christmas day and Bry's sisters is the 29th. My newest sister-in-law Amber had a birthday earlier in the month! Christmas eve is at my house, and my family comes over for prime rib, all sorts of other good food, and then we watch "Christmas Vacation". The kids usually open 1 present, and they all know that the present is going to be new PJ's.
Christmas day we opened presents at our house, then went to my moms for breakfast and more present exchanges. Then it was off to Bryans parents for more prime rib, and more presents. The kids had a lot of fun and got some really nice gifts. We really didn't over do it this year, and the kids seemed more into the presents that they got.
Earlier thie fall we were driving home from Moab, and our boys were talking about making a band. They were discussing who would play what instruments... Kaden the drums, Tyler the guitar and Jackson would sing. Bryan and I were just listening and laughing at them. Then we asked them what they were going to name their band...Kaden blurted out without any hesitation "the freaky bunnies"! I have no idea where is came from or if he had even listened to what came out of his Own mouth, but we couldn't stop laughing. What 4 year old comes up with a name like that? They all got their instruments for Christmas and have been practicing. The name has been changed to the "freaky monkeys" because Bryan and I always call the boys our monkeys.
Saturday after new years Shelley, Jairo and their family came up to go sledding at the Ucon pit. We had this old "kite tube" we had for boating but Bryan almost died using is a few years ago so it has sat in storage ever since. I said, why don't we blow it up and sled with it. It is huge, and fit my three oldest boys, Jairo and his 3 oldest kids all comfortably. We took it to the pit, hooked it up to Bry's Polaris razor and started pulling them around. They had a blast We found a little jump and slowly pulled them over it. They all cheered and said lets do it again, but go faster! Dennis and Amber came over too, and Bryan pulled Den and Tyler over the jump a few times also. We decided the kids were cold so we took them home, but they all wanted to stay out and ride the snowmachines. The kids all had fun and asked if we could do it again soon.
Bryan is getting ready to go to Costa Rica for a motorcycle trip, we hope he has fun and stays safe!
I'm sure that is enough babbling for now. Enjoy all the pix!