new year's day break-feast.

instead of having a new year's day dinner, we decided to have a new year's day breakfast.  i like this idea way better since breakfast is my most favorite meal.  i can't believe 2013 is here!  we like to take this time and talk about goals and what we want to do this year to better ourselves and each other.  well, i think we all came to the table a little unprepared.  everyone was a little stumped when it came to their turn to share a few things they wanted to do better this year.  for the most part, the kids all agreed that they wanted to be nicer to each other and listen better to mom and dad.  we will see how that goes.  then jason and i shared a few things but we both realized that we need to write them down and add a few more to the list.  i feel like this new year snuck up on us a little bit but we are ready for it.  it's always nice to have a fresh start and a yummy breakfast fully equipped with party hats and horns left over from the night.  although, our ears were hurting by the end of the meal from some horn blowing kids, it was a great way to kick off  2013.  happy new year!

new year's eve.

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the first half of our new year's eve was spent on mill avenue in tempe.  our niece/cousin, mckenna, was performing there that night and we all went out to cheer her on.  it was her first big live performance and she did soooo gooood.  i bet she will be famous one day so just watch for her.  all the kids were so into her singing and just watched her in amazement.  radio disney, the hosts for the night, also had the kids go up and stage and participate in some little contests that that were going on.  they had a ball with that.

the second half of our new year's eve was spent at home where we had our own little partay.  jason wasn't feeling very well and same with jack and eden fell asleep so it was basically me and ava that carried the party until after midnight.  every party has pooper and we had two or three of them but that's okay.  i believe this was the first year that ava made until midnight and she was living it up.  a little martinelli's, some party hats and horns, sparklers and confetti... and of course the count down in times square and the ball dropping which was on tv in the background.  it was a happy new year!  even with a bunch of sickies.

mexico in the winter | part 2.

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the last full day we were in mexico, the weather was a tad bit warmer.  just enough to where we felt like we could go outside and play on the beach for a little while and in jonah's case, chase some birds.  don't you love the picture of all of us where jack looks like he's going to pee his pants?  pretty good stuff, there.  since jack was pretty much the sick the whole time we were there, we had to fulfill his one and only request which was to go to our favorite mexican ice cream shop, thrifty's, so he could get two scoops of bubble gum ice cream.  (which really isn't mexican at all but for some reason it tastes better when in mexico.)  so we did just that and it was a perfect ending to our little trip.  adios mexico! see ya  in the spring or summer.