month and YEAR end!!

Happy New Year everyone! We have had a fabulous year and Dec has definitely been a high point. A very busy month as evidenced by the lack of blogging done this month but what can I say? Priorities, you know. Rafe and Adrianne are here for Christmas/New Years and a holiday. Alfred's brother Darrell and his family are also here on vacation. Here is the run down of the month:

Brynn finally managed to gather a fairly dedicated group of hockey players this month. They have caught on to the game so fast and really enjoy playing. They play barefoot and (coaches be proud) once they discovered there is no penalty for banging a player's skates, decided that rule also applies to feet. Some days I'm surprised they can even walk after 2-3 hours of playing!

The four of us took a weekend trip to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye to do some Christmas shopping. We had fun, decided we weren't fond of San Pedro (that's Belize - not to be confused with the one in Honduras) and got lots of shopping done. The plane was full on the way home so Brynn got to be co-pilot!

I know I've already told the story but thought you might like to see a couple of the pics from the shoebox christmas. Definitely a high point for the month.

All four of the kids are enjoying being together again. Lots of high jinx in our house lately!
And finally, the trip the entire family has been waiting for: we spent the day in Guatemala at the Mayan ruins of Tikal. It is the most amazing place. We had so much fun and even enjoyed the fact that we had to work at communicating.

From our house to yours, a very, very happy new year to all!!