We had a great time! The kids enjoyed some time to play with friends, the adults enjoyed conversation, laughs, and a round of Cranium. Big J made me hum one of the music clues - even though he's the musically-inclined one in the family - so of course everyone at the table knew the song I was humming except him. That's ok, we got a good laugh! There was also the sketched clue that I drew - everyone wondered why I could possibly be drawing a hairy heart. The answer was actually heartburn, and those were flames....
We counted down to midnight with the kiddos, said our goodbyes shortly after, and had the kids in bed around 1:15am.
2010 really flew by for me. I think it's one of the "fastest" years I've ever had. I feel like it was just October, and suddenly Christmas was here and now it's a new year. While the days have flown by in a whirlwind, I have spent a bit of time thinking about some changes - really, just one change - that I want to make in the new year. We are working on it already, but I really want to focus even more on our family and our relationships with others. I want us to be more intentional about taking care of ourselves (individually and as a family) and about reaching out to others. This really isn't something that comes easily for me - because it usually means saying, "No," to exciting opportunities - but I want a good balance in my life, and I need to regain that by coming back to the center, to what's really important. For now, that means making our home a comfortable, uncluttered space that works for us, intentionally planning family time, making time for dates with my hubby, and (hopefully) catching up on our scrapbooks. Those are all pretty tall orders - each of them will take work - but I'm looking forward to it. And because they will take work, that probably means that posts here will continue to be infrequent and unpredictable. They'll have fewer photos to no photos as all (I totally forgot to take photos of any of today's preparations or of the time we spent with our friends).
I do hope that each of you will continue to stop by the blog and see what we are up to. Mister J has a 3rd loose tooth. I'm continuing 5K training in the spring (to improve speed and endurance) with an eye on even more training in the summer. Miss M is in her 2nd year of dance, and wants to be a Daisy Scout so bad she can't stand it (but that's not until next school year). Mister J continues to work hard for our family and recently helped us reach Baby Step 3. I'll keep blogging about all of this - and more - but probably less about lunches and other 'non-milestone' events. All in keeping with my desire to be more intentional about time spent with my family. I'll keep you posted on our progress in 2011!
Happy New Year!
4 comments:
Great ideas for this new year. I would love to get together to scrapbook!
we had a great time! your goals for 2011 sound like wonderful ones.
Hey- this is April from the Triad Moms on Main event, also saw you at Mt. Tabor Sunday morning. Small world! I don't typically make resolutions, but this year I have decided to be more selfish. The word "selfish" seems negative to me, but in this case to me it means much the same as what you have written. I feel the need to spend more time focused on my family, doing things for our own growth and wellness. I kicked off a tech-no break (deactivated FB, as an example) a few months ago in an effort to truly focus on me, my husband and our son. I found that to be very freeing! I look forward to a year focused on us. Not sure if you've ever heard "Lead Me" by Sanctus Real, check it out if you haven't. That song really got me thinking about all of this.
April - We'll have to stop and chat next time we see each other. It's a little tough to so when I have the kids solo!
I know what you mean about being 'selfish' - that's why I started running last fall, why I didn't take on new commitments when some ended last year, and so on. Yes, I've heard Lead Me (in fact, I got that CD for Christmas) - it's one of my favorite songs.
Hope to see you again soon!
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