Christmas and 2010 Recap

Our Christmas break and 2010 were fantastic! I haven't recapped it like a lot of people, but I didn't want anyone to think that was because we didn't have a great break or year. So, this is my brief synopsis.

Christmas Break:
The good and the bad: both families are only 30 minutes away from each other! It's great because we only have to make one trip and we can see both families. It's not so great because we're always trying to make sure that we have spent adequate time with both families.

However, we had a great time! We were spoiled by both families. It was hard for me to come home knowing I had to start making meals again. I know after a week and a couple of days off of work (which is a great benefit of Matt's job), Matt had a hard time having to go back to work.

We had the chance to talk to Matt's sister, who is serving a mission in Chicago. My family was all together at home for Christmas for the first time since 2005. And we were able to just relax and enjoy quality time with family and friends.

One of my favorite parts during the break was seeing my adorable little niece and giving her an early 1 year birthday celebration! She is at such a fun age, walking all over the place and trying to discover new things. She was afraid of Uncle Matt at first, but probably because he's so tall and had a beard at the time. Eventually she warmed up to him. :) I was so sad when they left and I wasn't waking up to the sound of little feet running around upstairs.

I think he's excited to be a dad :)

It was a great break and I'm so glad we could spend time with family. We love both of our families very much, and we are grateful we have them. The holidays couldn't have been any better!

2010:
Ok, this is a really easy and short recap -
07/07/2010 We got married! Our most exciting highlight of the year :)

10/2010 Found out we were expecting a baby! Second most exciting highlight.

2011 should be a pretty great year!

*as I was writing this Matt said his most exciting highlight was his raise. he's a butt.