December was filled with friends, family and great times spent together. We started the month off with the Holland Chiropractic seasonal get together at Maine Indoor Karting. Who knew Trevor and I were both so competitive?! We had a blast doing a fun run, a run for time and placement and then finally the actual race. Even though I started the race in second place, Trevor finished in second place with me far behind due to a seatbelt malfunction. We had so much fun and hope to get back.
We enjoyed a Christmas party at my cousin Lindsey's new house. All of the adults were marveling at how many grandchildren there are. We had fun dressing people up as Olaf with toilet paper, playing Christmas themed Family Feud and enjoying some REALLY yummy food. It was a fun afternoon and felt special to have everyone (minus my sister and her family) there.
Ayla did well at her dance recital showing off her hip hop dance skills! She has rhythm and a talent, so we'll make sure she keeps dancing! We were totally bummed because Corinne was sick for several days and unable to make it to the recital. She refuses to show us her moves at home, so we'll just have to wait to see her skills at a wedding!
The girls and I had a full two weeks off this year, which felt really long (in a good way). It was hard for all of us to go back on Monday. We mostly just hung out at home and enjoyed Trevor having a four day weekend with us around Christmas. We were fortunate to have my family come to us so we didn't have to travel. We enjoyed Grammy Robin and PopPop on Christmas day, then Grampy Tim and Grammy Kelly the next day.
Aunt Ashley, Uncle Justin and Hudson spent the weekend with us, which was nice to have so much time with them. The girls and especially Lincoln, really loved meeting and marveling at Hudson. Ashley and I tried to think of a fun activity for us to do, but when we realized we were 9 people, five of which were ages 3 months to 12 years, we couldn't come up with anything. The girls were content to hang at home though and the adults enjoyed visiting.
New Years Eve we had a family sleepover with our friends, the Browns. They were very gracious hosts and we had a blast with them. It's nice to ring in the new year with such great people!
We ended the two week vacation up at Sugarloaf at Oatmeal in a Bowl with the Benn's. The kids had fun playing together and Corinne especially enjoyed staying up late with the adults and winning Phase Ten! We went swimming at Sugarloaf's fitness center and were smiling to ourselves as we waved from the outdoor hot tubs to the people freezing on the ski lifts!
We are feeling excited about the new opportunities coming up for us in 2015 and knowing we'll make this an awesome year!
