Lots of Catch up!

Wow so much to update. We have been super busy these last few weeks so just to warn you this could be a long post.

To begin with I am now deep into my basketball season. So this means 4 practices each week with 2 games every weekend. It is so much fun and I really enjoy this time although sometimes it can be hectic balancing coaching life and the long hours with being a mommy. It is going well though and the boys enjoy having a babysitter and playing with someone different.

Our basement if finally getting completed. We had carpet installed the on Dec. 22 and we absolutely love having this extra space. Now if we could just find the time to finish the trim so we could utilize this area. This is part of the house that we have said we are going to finish completely before we move into it. We will see if it really happens. Hopefully trim will be done tomorrow (everyone cross your fingers).

This year we spent Christmas eve with the Black side. This is always a good time. Ethan and Cody were so excited because Grandpa & Grandma gave our family a Wii for Christmas. They have yet to use it (we have not set it up yet because it is going to go in to basement) but they are very anxious. We stayed home for Christmas morning and did that as a family. The boys in the house got Guitar Hero World Tour from me. (long story-short) It was suppose to be for Brian from me but Ethan wanted it so badly and it was the only thing he wanted off his whole wish list so we gave it to them. So more or less a family gift. Let me tell you all of us have way to much fun on it. Christmas afternoon we headed to Chelan to be with the Bowman side for the rest of the weekend. We alternate holidays every year and Christmas was with my family this year. So we rented a house big enough for the bunch of us and went and had fun there. We spent our time tubing, sledding, snowmobiling, playing pool, watching TV, and of course eating. It was lots of fun though. Always chaos mixed with fun. Oh another highlight from the trip was that Ethan lost his first tooth. You are probably thinking that he is a little young. You are right. It got knocked loose about a month ago by Cody's foot. OOPS! So it finally became loose enough that it could be pulled out. He was scared at first but then super excited when he realized the tooth fairy would bring him money.

Cody opening up some gifts

Brian & Ethan coming down the hill
Cody waiting to go tubing

After the return home we continued on with our busyness. Brian had his apprenticeship test on the 30th. YEA he passed and is finally a journeyman dam operator. Something he has been training to do for the past 3 years. This was a nice Christmas present to finally have it done. Now onto the ugly shift work that he will begin sometime within the next few weeks.

Our new years was pretty uneventful. In fact our whole family was in bed by about 10:00pm. I now we are lame but hey it was already a new year in a lot of places just not yet here.

2009 has been good for us so far. Our family is doing good and enjoying life. Happy new year to you all.

The Black family tradition

There is more pictures to come once I get them from my mom's camera.