Bring it on, Spring!

So...Christmas is over now and so is my birthday. I'm 27! I actually told Simon the morning I turned 27 that it was my birthday and he looked very shocked "YOU have a birthday!?!?" I guess for a kid, your parents are ageless, they are just your parents. No need to put a number on them, it's kind of nice when you think of it.

I made a slew of New Years Resolutions, mostly spiritual. Make time to pray the Rosary, be more patient and forgiving of others, no gossiping(I never get to talk to my best friend anymore, so this might actually stick this year! Miss you Jess!), Be a better Catholic, essentially. I also decided that I needed to be healthier after pushing my body to the brink of diabetes this Christmas, hahaha, just kidding. But seriously, I think I ate more sweets and crappy food in 3 weeks than I did the rest of the weeks of the year combined.  But I guess that's one non-spiritual side effect of Lenten fasting is that I get a chance to reverse some of that damage. So...while I am not fat by any means, I have a very superficial goal of being back into a bikini by beach time, which is only 4 or 5 months away.  But who reads this blog to hear about all that junk, huh?

Here are some(and by some, I mean a ton) pictures from my Christmas break....y'all wanted to see my family, right?

Cate sang with 2 other girls at the Christmas program at her school. That's my little shrimp off to the left. I couldn't get a good shot of her :-(


Foooooood








wiiiiiine








Nephew, Joshua, isn't he precious?


Seth took Simon hunting for the first time...that lasted for about 10 minutes No, they didn't kill anything.


The kids made a gingerbread house with Aunt Vickie(who will likely be mad that I put a picture of her in her jammies on my blog)




Liam made a lot of messes


The annual Ingram family picture got stranger


Cate turned 8 on the 23rd and decided on the 21st that she wanted a party at the skating rink. Good thing we know the owners!








I got to spend time with my favorite people






I think this was the only night that Seth and I didn't have company at the house.


It was a wild, crazy, fun, and awesome Christmas. Now it's all back to reality. The tree is gone and Winter still hasn't fully arrived in Georgia(which is fine by me if we skip winter this year all together). I am looking forward to all the great things this year has to offer and my countdown to spring has begun. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Welcome to 2012!