Ahhh...Vacation

The Winegar Fam!
Al and Wendy in front of his job site at The Landing

Nate and I...I'm kinda camera happy right now and so snapping pics any and everywhere.

We have had such a great winter break! It got started early with 3 snow days prior to our actual break! The kids have had a great time and I am absolutely relaxed and rested...the snow days we've had this year were so fun, peaceful, and beautiful.

Aspen is getting out each day for basketball practice. We were bummed when the tournament that was scheduled this week was cancelled...they cancelled it too early in my opinion...the weather is fine now and we could have watched some really good bball. She is playing in a scrimmage tomorrow, so we are looking forward to that!

I feel like a very bad mom, as I have let my little video maniac, KJ have way too much screen time. He has taken a few breaks to shower, eat, and of course he had fun playing in the snow! He has gotten some exercise doing Wii!! He is so fun these days and has lots of reasons why it's okay to just veg in front of the tv! I guess I've spent just as much time in front of my laptop...I am way too addicted to facebook! It's been so fun to connect with friends from yesteryear and I love seeing what people are doing each day! People probably don't care what I'm doing each day, but I tell them anyway! :)

Nate and I went on a date last night and had a great time! We saw "Marley and Me". Golly Molly, I cried so much and I couldn't wait to get home and hug my dogs! Nate even loved it, too...He anticipated a stupid, poorly made, regergitated animal story, but he was quite pleasantly surprised and I'm pretty sure he shed a few tears...I was balling my head off and I sure wasn't the only one...there was some serious sobbing, too! We had a very nice time with our friends, Al and Wendy. After the movie, Al took us into a salon under construction that he is doing the cabinets in. Our area has a new shopping town center and the salon is a new spa that will be opening this week. Al is a talented and detailed worker and it was neat to see his work.

It's very fun to be able to go out spontaneously. Aspen, her friend Corinna, and KJ were home playing with Rock Band! We are really enjoying our new family gift from Grampa and Grama Winegar! :) We had a great Christmas celebration on Saturday with the Winegar side. Dad, Patti, and his brothers and sister, cousins, and spouses all got together here at our house for a fun time.



Today was a bit sad, as taking down Christmas is always a bummer...we are housing our annual New Year's Eve party and so it was important to pack it all up, clean, and get ready for our house to be turned into a big parking lot! Our theme this year is "Tailgate Party"...everyone is wearing their favorite sports team attire, and our friends Steve and Laverne will fashion up an incredible set for pics and ambiance! I definitely will post pics after, after!

Church was amazing yesterday. Our message was all about being a "Supporting Role". I truly want to make every effort to grow in my relationship with Christ by helping someone else see and meet Christ! You can't have Best Actors and Actresses without the Best Supporting Actors...anyway, some good stuff.

As a family, we are trying to read a Proverb a day...good grief, we are already slacking, but we will pick it up where we can by reading the chapter that corresponds with the date, as there are 31 chapters in Proverbs...one a day!