Goodbye 2010

It's hard to believe another year has come and gone, and while it's cliche, it is so incredibly true this year. 2010 had been good to us and I was a little sad to see it go! We were able to venture to Moab 2-3 times thru the spring and summer, spend time backpacking in the Uintahs, paid of our car, brought a new puppy and pal into our lives, were blessed with good health, I graduated from UVU, and we were able to spend lots of time with our families. (I'm sure there are many other things I could add to this list). With that being said, I am very excited to see what 2011 has to offer and hope that it could only get better!

Christmas Eve was spent with a trip to Providence to visit the Dixon clan. We loaded up the Dixon Family Fun Bus (dogs included--we are also babysitting Matt's dog Bobo while he has been in Brazil for his wedding). We really had a good time up there with the family and spent our time chatting, watching old family home videos (I always love that!) and chowing down on good ol' comfort food.

Christmas Day we headed down to Santaquin for my mom's yearly tradition of Christmas brunch. Yummy as always! We spent time, again, catching up with family and visiting the grandparents.

New Year's Eve followed with my parents over for games at the house and of course, food! (Really....aside from the TRUE meanings--isn't "food" what the holidays are about?) New Year's Day we were able to spend time with family at the Dixon family Christmas party, followed by the Hill family party later that evening.

The past few weeks have been super busy, but a lot of fun. What a blessing it is to have your life filled with such great people to call family!

Here are some pics from our last two weeks, wrapping up 2010.

Charlie's reaction when we told him Santa was coming that evening:

Me & Charlie on our way to Providence....this picture brought to reality the fact that Chuck and I sport the same hair color.

Charlie's new favorite way to sit while ridding in the car.
Pondering life's meaning while gazing out the window..
Charlie got to help Brad work on the truck


The traditional family photo in front of the Christmas tree.... ours this year was uh....interesting. Fearing Charlie would tip the tree over in attempts to retrieve ornaments off of it, I opted to only put lights on it this year...and not very well at that! While it took Charlie by surprise that we had brought a tree inside the house, he quickly took a new liking to plucking all of the pine needles from the lower half of the tree, scattering them across the floor and munching on them. Taking the tree down this year could not come fast enough, and that sucker was gone by Christmas evening at 6pm!!