Christmas to New Year's

Those days between Christmas and New Years

are always some of my favorites.

The stress is over and you can just

chill out and enjoy your family without

worrying about work or shopping, etc.

(BTW...I stay away from the mall during

those days!) It's your down time before you

have to face the reality of the New Year.

This little group always makes the trek up

here a day or two after Christmas to get

a little snow time in and play with the

cousins. I'm SOOO glad they live within

four hours so it makes this trip not too

painful. They are kind of the family rock stars...

everyone wants some Lamoreaux time!

The other great thing about this time is

I can persuade someone to play cards with

me and you know I love me a little Rummy!

Late night cards in our jammies with a few treats

is my favorite!!

And these sweeties are kind enough to

include Mike and me in their New Year's Eve

outing to dinner. This year it was at Bonsai....yum!

Unfortunately, the grandbabies were passing around

croup so Kennan and Brad were home with

little sick ones and couldn't join in.

We declined the invite for games at the

Jackson's home and just went home to

watch a movie...yeah that's right...

we are getting OLD!!

And as much as I love Christmas and all

the trimmings, it's always somewhat of a

relief to get it all de-decked and get

back to some normality. So that took

place during that week as well...with

a little help from Miss Paige and a lot

of help from Mr. Mike. Although he slept

through most of the week due to serious

jet lag, he came through when it counted...

still love him!!

So....there you have it. A new week,

a new year and lots of hope for some

improvement in 2010. Just like

the January inversion....you know

there is some sunshine up there somewhere!!