Sledding Fun

Our ECFE program had a sledding party on the hill at school. They had hot cocoa and the large muscle room open inside for the kids to take a break and warm up.
We had so much fun, and I was thrilled to go sledding for the first time in years (thanks to my new knee).
Here are our highlights:

Jackson with his best friend Aaron and his dad helping them getting to go down the hill.

Mommy and Jackson on our sled ride together.

The dads getting ready for the sled race.

Racing down the hill- they were all smiles and giggles the whole way down.

A New Year

I have been thinking that I would like to have some sort of post that I do weekly to keep me blogging on a regular basis. My friend Erin suggested that I keep track of all the money I save through dicounts and freebies. She is always laughing at me, in a good way, for my sale and coupon combinations, and at all the contests my husband signs up for resulting in many free items or entertainment.
I also read on Elizabeth and Sarah's blogs about project 365, where you take a picture every day of the year. Before my surgery I took a lot of pictures when I was keeping track of all the things we did, and I really enjoyed it. I thought this would be a good excuse to do it for the entire year. I have created a new blog for those pictures and will post a link on my blog.
I would also like to do something to share my knowledge and ideas of fun activities, places and events. I am always trying to find new and fun things to do and keep us busy, and I love to share them with others, because it is always nice to have a new and fresh idea.
I haven't completely figured out how or what my ideas are going to look like, or even how they are going to look on my blog,but I hope to soon. I am looking forward to adding more to my blog and our stories.
Happy 2009 and all that lies ahead!

December Highlights

All of our December celebrations are over, so here are a few highlights from the last few weeks.

Christmas brought us baking and the fun of frosting and decorating both cookies and gingerbread houses. It also meant lots of family along with new toys and games to keep us busy during our whole two weeks off from school.
After Christmas we had birthday celebrations for my sister Laura, Paul and Paul's dad. We enjoyed celebrating with them and ate plenty of birthday cake.
We had a fun New Years and look forward to all this new year has in store for us.
Happy 2009!