January

Wow! Time flies when your.....you name it....busy, stressed, having fun, working, playing, etc...

Time flies either way.

We have been busy. There is always a lot going on. I have contemplated not blogging anymore. While I do enjoy it being a somewhat family journal of our comings and goings and it is fun to look back over and make a book to look back on . I may just make our journal ours. I'm still deciding.

Well......We did it!

We made it through another amazing year.

We did the whole thing. Pots and pans.

(Should I be surprised that they easily made it to midnight? They don't even look tired. I think Christian and I are getting old because we barely made it.)

Fireworks.

And a toast to the new year with sparkling apple cider.

It was fun to be outside and hear other neighbors banging pots and pans too and lighting fireworks. I'm glad we're not the only "festive" ones :).

Happy New Year!!!!!!
I hope you do what you want/should and be what you want/should.

New Years Eve

It's New Year's Eve and guess what we did?

You guessed it. We went sledding as a family.

And tonight..... we (Me, Christian, and the 6 youngest) will light off some fireworks, bang some pots and pans, and toast (sparkling apple cider) to the New Year while the two oldest dance the night away at the New Years church dance.

Happy New Year !

(What are some of your New Years goals? I'll share some of mine next time)

Jenson is a great artist. He got a fun art/drawing kit for Christmas.

Gavon the cowboy

Joe the builder.

We hope you all had a fun Christmas and were able to make memories.

Playing in the snow in Tible Fork

Madison made each of the younger boys masks. They loved them.

Gavon

Snow family built by Landon and Maron Wray

Our Traditional Gingerbread

House

Landon had a violin Christmas concert early on in December. We were able to go as a family and really enjoyed the Christmas music. Landon told us he had a solo and we waited and waited and saved camera space. The concert came and went and there was no solo. Later he told us that some of his friends just played along with him. They did a great job.

18 Years Ago Today!

18 years ago today I married the love of my life Christian Wray.

(We don't usually go out and do something fancy by ourselves for our anniversary (December is a busy month). We did though have a nice dinner as a family with sparkleing apple cider. :) It's all good.

(I won't get too personal or mushy because that is for another place although this is our song):)

Christian

Handsome-I think he only gets handsomer

Smart-He knows so much he amazes me.

Giving-He is always giving.

Caring- He has 8 children and a wife whose eyes sparkle when he's around....because he always puts us first.

Great listener-I love to talk with him because I know he is listening and has such wisdom.

Amazing Father-Such a great example

Kind-To everyone he comes in contact with

Best Friend-Loyal, trust worthy, positive, understanding, compassionate

Silly/funny-He knows how to make us all laugh and keep laughing

Steady-Always so even

Calm-He is the most calm person I know. (I have always said that he should have been a Dr. Not just any Dr. but one who works in the ER. Nothing phases him. He is so calm and collected.

Great Teacher-He teaches us all so much just by his calm example

He means so much to us. He is a great leader and example.

He is all and everything to me and our family. I am grateful for these 18 years and hope to have many, many more together.

Happy Anniversary!