HAPPY NEW YEAR

Sure do hope everyone is having a wonderful new year. We are doing well here. Not much going on. Dean's store is opening in 17 more days so we're looking forward to that. His hours are better than expected, but that still doesn't mean that I don't think he works too much. oh well. it's nice when he does have time off. The gym is going well. I was able to run for 20 minutes yesterday. That may not seem like much but believe me, when you're out of shape, it's pretty good. I couldn't do it without my trusty ipod. However, since I have very wierd ears, those little earphones keep falling out of my ears. Maybe that's why time goes by so fast. I'm constantly pushing those little buds back into the earhole. Very annoying.

Ian, Sarah, and Abby are doing well. Abby had me in tears yesterday because I was so frustrated. I finally had the energy and the mental capability to get the house good and clean and she didn't want a clean house. She just kept crying and crying. So it was fun with all of those tears yesterday. Today has been a much better day. Maybe she just had a little gas. Sarah has infested our house with stickers. It's insane. No matter where you step, you are going to get a sock full of stickers. Better Lisa Frank stickers than pointy grass stickers. So I don't complain too much. I just throw them away. You know she has a lot of stickers when she doesn't even care when you throw them away. There are over 5000 stickers and I'd say we're about halfway through them. We can do it. Ian is also pretty cute. He is the best big brother in the world. He almost 100% changed Abby's diaper yesterday. He's so sweet to her and sometimes, he's the only one who can get her to stop crying. What a boy. He's always wanting to help me clean and he loves to draw and cut paper. I don't think I could handle staying home with the kids if they weren't such neat kids. They have such unique personalities and it's so nice to watch them grow. Ian- very energetic morning person. Sarah- very girly/whiny/dramatic. Abby- well, duh. very, very serious. Life must be really hard for her. She's always got a little furrowed brow. So cute. Also, because the three of them are tv junkies, my favorite time of day (besides nap time, obviously) is when the all lay down together and watch tv together. Nobody fights, and everyone is at peace with Spongebob. Abby especially.

Well, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say anything about the Misty thing, but I wanted to let them know that I'm so happy for them and I sure do love you guys. Hope we can come visit soon. Congratulations!