2006

Above is little B during nap time. Matthew & I joked about posting a New Year's Resolution list that had the lowest possible resolution, so if anything even somewhat better than that occured, we'd be happy. But then our sarcasim, which we're trying to work on, would only be aggrevated. We thought about resolutions such as "We will make sure Brighton sleeps for at least 1 hour per night", "We will drink at least one cup of coffee every morning", "We will make sure we shower at least once a week", "We will make sure to check our email at least once a week". Ah yes, those are resolutions we can cope with I think :0) No offense if you did make a resolution list on your blog. We of lame-o discipline habits though...we just can't fool ourselves.

Well, here are the long overdue Cali pics to wrap up our trip. After hanging out with our friends, the O'Donnells, we headed down south to enjoy a week with my mom's side of the family. Then we travelled back up the longer, but INCREDIBLY beautiful Coast Hwy 1, to Santa Cruz to fly home at the end of the month. Enjoy the pics.

The Whole Hall/Mull Clan...with a thank you sign for the folks who let us stay in their AMAZING home (complete with a huge outdoor hot tub, which we appropriately soaked in on our Cali Christmas Morn)
The great-grandparents with their little g.g.son (my mom's parents)
The boys - cousin Luke, brother John, & cousin Michael
The Christmas Elf

The fam overlooking the massive waves at Skooner's Cove
Risky buisness...Em got blasted by a wave out here!
Watching the waves break over the jetty
Hello, From Morro Bay!
Yes, we are in SUNNY California! The sistas...
...and their shoes
Little B high atop Coast Hwy 1
...and his cute dad

As for the latest on the messed up blog (no pattern, funky header), instead of fixing it, Matthew is spending many long grueling hours creating a new website for me. This one will turn into an archive page, so I'll be sure to let all know when that takes place. It's gonna be hip.

Other news on the horizon, Brighton's baptism is coming up on the 15th. A joint effort by our pastor at Liberti (another website Matthew designed) and my own dad. We're partying at our place before the service, 8:30 am to be exact, so if you're in the area, feel free to stop by. Yesterday Matthew and I celebrate our whopping big 2 year anniversary over a steaming hot home cooked meal (now THAT'S a miracle with the schedule we've been maintaining lately!) and the festivities will continue on this Saturday when we drop B off at a sitter for 4 hours!! Yes, we're ecstatic. We'll probably come home and sleep...ha, ha ;0) We would covet your continued prayers for sleep as B has begun feeling the pains of teething and has been more and more restless at night and cranky during the day. These are the paths of parenting :0)

Hope the New Year has started off well for you all!