My honey and I just celebrated our 12 wedding anniversary. I love this first picture because it captures our relationship perfectly, we are so close and I lean on him for everything!! I couldn't have asked for a better companion to spend life with. I still get so excited waiting for him to come home or thinking about going out on a date with him. 
We barely got back from Camp Z in time for our New Year's party with some of our good friends. A traffic jam in Portland set us back a good hour. Anyhow, we made it and had a great time playing games, eating snacks and toasting in the new year (with juice of course!!)
After Christmas this year our entire family got together up in Washington at Camp Z and had a blast. This was the first year that we had the lodge and so there was plenty of space for all. All 9 of my siblings were there, plus 20 grandchildren and spouses. Wow, it was a party. We ate a lot, played games, sledded, skied, watched movies, lost sleep, but most of all just enjoyed being with one another. I am so blessed to have such a fantastic family. I love you all!!
This year for Christmas we were so fortunate to host my mom, her fiance Keith (from Perth Australia) and my brother and sister Doug and Jody. They spent the entire week before Christmas with us. It couldn't have been more fun. We played games and did puzzles, swam and did gymnastics at the Y, took some walks, sang silly Aussie Christmas songs, ate a lot of good food, watched movies, did our traditional Christmas eve and day activities and meals and added a really nasty meal of baked beans on rye toast. Sorry Keith, but I didn't like it at! :) It was such a great time and we had so much fun with everyone. Thanks for sharing the holidays with us!!
Little L celebrated her eighth birthday quite a few times this year. The first celebration was in November when we went to get her ears pierced, and shopped for some boots and jewelry. We did this knowing that December gets crazy and we didn't want all those fun things to get forgotten. 
