Happy New Year!

Happy 2014 everyone!  So far I have been sick the entire year.  I have a cold I can't seem to kick.  I thought it was just about gone a few days ago and then it all came back worse than before.  Blah.  But, a mom can only sit around and be sick for so long before everything starts falling apart, so here I am, trying hard not to be sick. :)

The kids are all sick too, so they've been pretty happy to just be home this week doing nothing but reading their new books and playing with their new toys.  It's a win for everyone...I suppose.

So....since I last blogged, we had a fantastic Christmas at home, went down to California for 10 days, and are now back home!  I was going to try and catch up from the beginning, but Jeremy has the memory card with all our pictures up until December 30th in his work bag, so I'll just put some from the last 10 days up for now.  We drove down to California to my parents' house on the 26th, then went over to Jeremy's parents' on the 28th, then went back to my parent's on the 1st, and drove home on the 4th/5th.  So here is a jumble of pictures from both places.

And if you think these pictures look a lot better than those of 2013, that's because my parents gave us a new camera for Christmas!!!  We are in love!!!  It's so fun. :)

A "few" highlights from the last 10 days:

Time with cousins and 2nd cousins:

  Playing games with the Nowlands

Taking family pictures with the Nowlands (Jeremy was the designated photographer...we're still learning):

(Thank you to Uncle Tim who photo-shopped a few kids' heads so everyone would be looking at the camera!)

Enjoying the GORGEOUS California weather (high 60s and sunny EVERY SINGLE DAY):

Ringing in the new year at 7pm :)

Making dumplings with Steve and Yihua:

Catching up with old friends from Pittsburgh:

 And having lots of fun grandparent time!

And if that wasn't a complete overload of pictures already, there's much more to come later!