Braces

Christian got braces last week. He has an overbite that they are trying to correct. He was excited to get them until he heard about all the things he can't eat. He will probably wear them for 18 to 24 months. We think he looks so much older with them on.

Missing Daddy

With all the rain we got here in Southern California lately Dan's work has been so crazy. He has worked 18 of the last 20 days and has worked almost 180 hours already in January. With all his time away the kids and I have really been missing him. Last week Christian got pink eye and he had to take a day off of school so the kids and I decided to go and meet him for Lunch. It was so fun for the kids to see him at work. Ryan got to climb in his truck and wear his hard hat. I am so grateful for the hard worker that Dan is and he does it without complaint which is amazing. I am also glad that the rain has stopped and so Dan hopefully will be back to working normal hours next week.

New Years Fun

For New Years Eve we headed to my Sister's house. We hung out ate good food and just had fun being together. We decided to celebrate New Year's at 9 pm here so the kids watched the ball drop in New York and then ran outside to celebrate. It was perfect because then the kids were home and in bed by 10.On New Year's Day we did nothing really and it was so great. The kids rode bikes, we watched the Rose Parade and of course a lot of College football. It was such a nice relaxing day!

Christian's Birthday Fun

Christian really wanted a friends party this year but unfortunately with Dan's work schedule and Christmas chaos it just didn't work out. We still had a great time with family. We started the day with balloons and Ryan made Christian breakfast in bed. We then went and had lunch with Dan and then had everyone over for dinner and presents. We also took cupcakes to school once we went back this week. Hopefully I can be more organized next year so he can have his friend party. After cupcakes Christian passed out Ring Pops for all the kids.