2011 is a wrap...

And once again I failed on the blog front. But I have excuses...good ones. 

Bad excuses are worse than none.  ~Thomas Fuller

On that note, I'll just fill you in instead. I had every intention of filling everyone in routinely by keeping up this blog, then I got pregnant and first trimester exhaustion left me napping or playing catch up. Not to mention just about every blog post would have been pregnancy related, and we were waiting to share the news. Then at almost 12 weeks, I starting having symptoms of a miscarriage. Four days before Thanksgiving, we were devastated after an ultrasound confirmed that our baby likely quit growing around 9 weeks. I eventually had to have a D&C.  I was sad and didn't really want to talk about. If I had, I might have said something like Bethenny Frankel said yesterday on the Today show (but way less eloquently.) I am incredibly grateful for my two healthy girls and have found peace knowing that whether our family is complete is in God's very capable hands.


 Watch the video here. This will just take you to the Huffington Post because I apparently have no idea how to embed the video. Lame I know. Oh well. Just click the link.

Christmas arrived along with a visit from my Mom & Dad. We did lots of fun things like riding the cable cars, shopping in Union Square, visiting Santa, hiking near the house, celebrating Mom's birthday and hiking Mt. Tam.

Wait, did I say that hiking Mt. Tam was fun? I might have complained the entire time, but the view was amazing. Too bad Brett failed to mention the parking lot at the top that you could just drive to. I love a good hike, but I should learn by now that when Brett says it is an hour hike, I should add about 3 hours AND most importantly pack extra food.

This may or may not be perfect for me. 

The views were amazing though.

 

I just love them. Don't think they could love each other an ounce more. <3

Riding the cable cars

We celebrated Christmas early since there was surf (big waves which equals work for Brett). Randy & Lesa came down and we had a wonderful Christmas celebration. Santa, Grandma, Poppy, Nana, JB, Aunts, Uncles and all the rest of the family were VERY good to the girls. The were SO excited about Santa this year. Campbell had to go back to see him 4 times after they sat in his lap just to say hey. She is so precious... and not shy. Kayleigh is so timid and shy but so loving and SUCH a pleaser. They were so excited that Santa and the reindeer ate all the treats they left. He even left them a cool note.

GGB Christmas Night...it never gets less impressive.

Since we celebrated early, Christmas day was so relaxing and well...perfect. We went to church, relaxed a bit, walked the GGB, ate McDonald's (Yes McD's was the only thing open and we were out and about not ready to head home. It tasted so good just not having to cook or clean. Ha!) then took a drive through the city to look at all the amazing Christmas lights. They were beautiful! We drove down Lombard, Market, Embacadero, Union Square and by San Francisco City Hall which was all lit up red and green. I just love Christmas.

We rung in the New Year in Red Bluff with lots of fun and games (even made it up way past midnight Cali time) though I don't think I took a single picture. My mother-in-law always takes lots of pictures, so I tend to slack off when she's around. ;)

I'll update on 2012 thus far...tomorrow.