ending and beginning

New Year's Eve 2009

marked the end of a good year.

The end of my 33rd year too.

We celebrated the day.

Shopping with my mom, while Papa watched the kids.

Good food and yummy cake that night.

Mother nature was kind enough to deliver some snow

and then freezing rain.

The results were both beautiful and dangerous.

And also provided the kids with a great way to end the night.

Sledding behind the four-wheeler.

Cheers to a new year, 2010!

My 34 th year...

A year to keep on keepin' on.

To be a little better than the last.

A little more fit.

A little (or lot) more patient.

More grateful.

More giving.

More organized.

We had a humorous motto floating in the family last year, "lookin' fine in 09"

This year Ben came up with "try it again in 2010"

So, here we go!