Well, it looks like no pictures this week!  I could have, too.  We had a pretty fun week . . .

Tuesday was New Years Eve!!  We were all excited to welcome the Groslands over for our annual night of games and new year countdown which we missed last year!!!!  That would have been a good picture!  The house was full of people of all ages (although Ben did hide in my room all night) and we had a great time.  Sarah and Megan went to the dance for about an hour but then came back to finish the celebrations with the rest of us!

Wednesday was my birthday!  So, Kevin took me out to lunch to Café Rio and then we went to see a movie:  Saving Mr. Banks.  It was great fun.  We just relaxed for the rest of the day and had left-over pizza for dinner.  We needed to save our strength and gear up mentally because . . .

Thursday was back to school!!  It just felt weird to one day be in vacation and the next be back in the whirl of times to be places and assignments that needed to get done.  In fact, that would have been a good picture Wednesday night as all four of my oldest gathered around the game table doing homework.  (Why do it early when you can do it at the last minute?)  I, for one, was glad to get back to more of a structured life.  Too many vacuous days I'm afraid.  Cheyenne and Calianne and Bethany were all happy to be back to school.  Ben was sad to see them go!  Savannah and Sarah and Mariah were okay.  Megan was in violent dread.  Her basketball practices started again Thursday, though, and that she liked.  In fact, she got her new sweats with her name on it and I could have taken a picture of that, too!

Friday Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik took Kevin and I out to eat for our birthdays.  Afterwards we took them for a tour of Kevin's office.  It was a nice night!

Saturday Savannah worked ALL DAY LONG as they were closing the Orem store and the owner wanted all hands on deck to help box up and move.  I think she had fun, though.  The rest of us all went to Mariah's basketball game at 2:00 that Kevin was coaching.  They did great!  It was fun to watch.  I could have taken a picture there, too!

I will strive to take more pictures next week!  Have a great week!