New Years

This past week has been fun. Nelson had the week off between Christmas and New Years. It has been fun to do things together with our little family. We are completely off of a routine. We have spent lots of time playing with friends, sledding, being pulled behind the truck on sleds, playing dodge ball, having wii competitions etc.. It has been fun getting to spend so much time together. Our bodies may be in shock when we have to start eating better and actually go to bed at a decent time.

For New Years Eve it is a tradition for our family to go up to Huntsville to Nelson's Aunt Darla's house. The Shurtleff family gets together to ring in the New Year. We usually end up doing something outside, this year was no different. We all headed over to the park. Each year the park is turned into an ice skating rink. Luckily we planned ahead for the freezing weather. It was 4 degrees. We were bundled up and ready to play. We spent sometime out there skating and playing hockey. I was amazed how well Max and Asher did. They were skating all over the place. We had a great time and luckily did not freeze to death.

Our family hanging out on the ice:








Asher- being himself and enjoying every minute of it:








Max- He really surprised me, he was skating all over the place:









On New Years we have a tradition to go shopping with my sisters and then meeting my whole family at ABC Mandarin for Lunch. At lunch my parents said this was their 49th year of celebrating New Years by going out to lunch. I did not realize my family had been doing that for so long. What a fun way to start the New Year, spending time together with the family.

We have had a great year and are ready to see what 2011 has in store for us.