New Years

New Years weekend was really fun and filled with a whole new bunch of friends and family. Hannah had to leave and although it was sad, we had Uncle Brian and Sandy to look for forward too. It was a really fun weekend.

On New Years Eve, while Ethan was at work, the girls and I started taking down Christmas stuff. I still wasn't feeling great and Madison was getting some teeth so we had to take it slow.

When Ethan got home, we went to the Randells house for a neighborhood barbecue. My favorite part about this was that the baby monitor worked in the Randells house which meant that we could put Madison to bed and still be at the party. We were back and forth so much that I didn't feel too neglectful. Partially, but not completely.
The Randells was actually really fun. Phyllis and Roy came over too and we all had snacks and played golf. Around 8 Ethan and I fired off some fireworks and then played more games. The days leading up to New Years I had been really sick and on New Years, although I was eating I was still only like 80%. Because of this I was really tired, Kelsey was tired because she was up so past her bed time and Ethan was tired because he was running the house all by himself so once 10 came, we celebrated a New York's New Year's and went to bed. For the first time in my life, I went to bed early on New Years and you know what! It felt awesome. I wasn't super tired the next day. New traditions all over the place.

Ethan had New Year's day off and we spent the day playing and cleaning up Christmas. Two of my favorite things. Oh and we used the last of the smoke bombs. I don't know ho enjoyed it more: Kelsey or Ethan.

That night, after we got everything cleaned up, we got to go to Aunt Kays for a snacky dinner with the Robbins, Uncle Brian and Aunt Sandy, and Robin and her husband. Kelsey thought Uncle Brian was Grandpa Wing and followed Sandy everywhere so it was a pretty fun party.

 

When ever Madison goes to aunt Kay's house, she claims the armchairs as her own. She climbs up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down. She LOVES them. If you try to sit in them she FREAKS out. I tried to catch in on video but she got annoyed that I was in the way of her game. It was adorable. 

 

The most patient man in the world

On Saturday January 2 we wrapped up the holiday weekend by going to the Fiesta Bowl parade and then one last dinner with Brian and Sandy on Sunday before they left.

We weren't going to go to the parade but I'm so glad we ended up going. The weather was PERFECT!! and the parade was really fun. I really think it was like 75 degrees. It was so close to Kay's house and the weather was so perfect that after the parade we ended up just walking home to Kay's.

 

The game was a few days before the parade so the winning team got to march in the parade. Fun fact: the stadium where they played the game was up by our house so traffic that day was a bit crazy. That stadium is also where they played the National Championship. Fun fact, not so fun

We know everyone in this picture and then some! The ward here has been so loving and kind