Alright so I had all these plans of really posting pictures and what not on New Years Day and when it turned out that I was sick and then we were gone all day that dream went out the window. So here is the New Years Day and Christmas post only about a week past due. It seems that every year we watch as the months just fly by, but in the moment they take forever to make it through... but here we are at the beginning of another year.
Over the past week I have reflected back on the past year and the decisions I have made and the great improvements that I would like to make. It all started with a change. First was I graduated from College, yes... I finally made it!! I received my Associates Degree in Art and Visual Communications. The next was pretty big. I cut about 4 1/2 inches off of my hair and went back to the short and somewhat sassy look that I have had in the past. I am still a little unsure on how or what I feel regarding this new do, but I am sure with time I will be able to perfect the look.
It is funny as I have thought about New Years Resolutions... what a funny idea. We all wait until the beginning of a new year to make the changes that we could have easily started months, weeks or even days prior to the year starting over. I too, waited for the new year to roll in to decide what things I would like to set as goals for this new year. A few are things like writing my little brother, who is on his mission in Cincinnati Ohio, at least two times a week and make sure that he knows that I am there and that I love him more than he knows. Another is to start up my workouts again. I have been such a slacker in this area, I think mostly because I have been so stressed regarding school and life in general. I start up dance classes this week and I am hoping to have a lot of fun and dedication to this...
I have often heard about people who make the choice to not set New Years Resolutions because they will make goals that they can't keep. But in all honesty I encourage everyone to make at least one new goal and shoot for the stars with it, at the least you will land on the moon.
Well we had Christmas and it was loads of fun.. it was tyke's first, he didn't really get the whole open a present thing, but he loved what he got... white chocolate bones, a few chewy toys and treats... yay!!
Cody got some magic DVDs so he could learn some new tricks, I am sure he will be good in a bit... I got a photo printer and a digital picture frame. It was so neat to see and will be fun once it is really up and running. The best part of Christmas was the chance that we had to talk to my brother Matson. He is doing so great, he was just made a trainer in the Oxford area and is loving driving a truck.
New Years seemed to come all to fast. It seemed like Christmas one day and then the next day was new years... where does time go? We celebrated by playing some Guitar Hero on the Wii and paper airplane races.
We also watched a movie and played around. It was a great new year... at midnight we went outside to set off fireworks to introduce the new year, tyke didn't love the noises of them but he sure loved the colors and lights.. everytime one would go off he would run and hid behind our legs in effort to deafen the noise of the firework.
We hope that your new years was full of fun and joy and that you are ready like we are to tackle 2008!!
With much lOvE ~ the aLeX fAmiLy
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