Christmas

Well its hard to believe that Christmas is only a few short weeks away. I am a little sad that this year we are not going to be spending it in warmer weather with my Texas family, but I can blame nobody but myself. I was the one that said months ago that I wanted to stay home this year. Ken is always up for going but I held us back so at home we will be this year. It is hard to believe that a whole new year is about to begin. We will be welcoming a new little nephew into the family which is so exciting. I just can not wait to see the sweet little baby and see what they will name him. I'm sure he is going to be the cutest thing. In this new year I am hoping for many things. I hope that we can get better at saving our money and I am also hoping for a vacation somewhere with the kids. Ken always has so much vacation that he carries over from year to year because we never go anywhere. I wish that he would take a few days off here and there but he just never seems to take them off. He takes one off here and there but then he makes up the hours so it never really counts as a vacation day. He always says he likes to save them so he can take off a long period of time if we decide to go someplace. I also want to spend more time with Kens family. I feel we never see them and I know it bothers him. He always wishes he had a closer relationship with his dad and brother. The kids also love to go to Grandpa Neis's house just to play in the rock pile. Maybe this summer we can just stop over a little more often to visit.
I also just can not believe that next year I will have Madison in kindergarten. It seems like they grow up so fast. It always makes me cry when I think about it. You never really know how fast time goes by until you have a child. They grow and learn so much it is just a miracle.