Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year ~*~*~*~

Since being on Winter break, I have just been laaaaazzzzzyyyyyy and it's been so nice!  I really didn't want to make any special plans for New Years Eve, just hang out here with my cute little family.  At the last minute, we had Matt's sister Jen and her family over to join us in our NYE celebration and I'm glad they came!

Gavin and Adam watch from inside

All the kiddos!

After they left, we did a family toast with sparkling cider.
Someone was a wee bit tired....

To start our year off, we headed out to Usery Pass and hiked to the Wind Caves as a family.  It was the most beautiful day for a hike!  Matt strapped Hayden in the Bjorn and off we went!  I was a little nervous how the kids would do, but they were FABULOUS and they didn't complain a bit!  Preston was a trooper and he loved every second!  It was so funny on the way down, he kept asking, "Is that a cactus?  Is that a cactus?  Is that poky thing a cactus?!"


We made it!

 View from the top~

Our beautiful Arizona desert

We packed a picnic lunch and ate at a ramada after we finished the hike. (no pictures)  Then we celebrated by grabbing ice cream sundaes and blizzards from DQ on the way home! :)  It was a great way to spend the first day of the year together as a family and I look forward to our next hiking adventure.

1 comment:

mad white woman said...

I had way too many thoughts reading through all your posts... Oh, babies close to Christmas are awesome. HA HA. I told Jason we're probably going to get a Christmas baby next time. And, we didn't have a friend party for Clara until she turned 5. It was fun to read/see the details of Hayden's birthday. Fun.