New Year's Eve

This is really sparkling grape juice they are holding! Rita and her father-in-law Randy were being silly with the bottles and I couldn't resist taking a picture! We went to Randy and Debbie's house for dinner on New Year's Eve and watched some football on TV for a while before the boys all started being grumpy and fighting (which is often with J and Conner!) Jack and I were home by 10:00pm and I was sound asleep by 11:30pm! Is this a sign of me getting old????!!!!! Oh well, I love my sleep!

Rita and Daniel with thier sparkling grape juice!

Me and sis. I didn't get a picture of myself and Jack on New Year's Eve. :(

We are looking forward to a new year in hopes many happy times are ahead for our family. 2010 was a year I never dreamed I would experience but I can say I am a stronger person and have a totally different perspective on many, many things in life. It is very troubling in a way to leave 2010 behind as this was the year Jillian was born and it just makes it very aware to me we are getting farther away from that day she entered our life, but in another way we are getting closer to meeting her again one day in heaven.

8 years

On December 28th Jack and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! We were given a gift certificate to the Capital Hotel in Little Rock several months ago right after Jillian was born and we were saving it for a special time. No better time than our anniversary! Jack's mom and dad came up and stayed with Jansen at our house for the night and we went to eat dinner at Copeland's in Little Rock and then enjoyed an evening together at the hotel. It was beautiful as it was still decorated for Christmas. Our room was huge!! The above picture is the sitting area.

The bed which was sooooo comfy!!

We asked one of the ladies at the desk to take our picture in front of the beautiful tree and she really didn't know how to take a picture! Poor lady! She nearly cut our heads off!!!!

The gorgeous tree in the lobby of the hotel.

I love you Jack and hope we have many, many more years together!!

Family

A few days before Christmas mine and Rita's great great Aunt passed away so we went to her funeral service in our hometown. She was our oldest living relative. Pictured above are our mom and dad with Kyle after the service.

Rita and Kyle

This is my mom and her brother, Dennis. He has had a heart transplant several years ago due to a massive heart attack that destroyed his heart. He is doing great now!

Uncle Dennis with his 2 sons Andy and Casey and mom with me and Rita

The four cousins. We have great memories being with Andy and Casey growing up although we don't see each other very often anymore. We would all spend the night with our Nanny and Papa every Friday night when we were little and we would have so much fun together. Those times we will never forget!