Merry Christmas Yip and Yap

Addison and Evangeline had a wonderful holiday. They were able to visit both Grandparents' houses, and their Great Grandmother's house. They were really into opening presents. They liked to tear into the paper and play with the boxes. They received such wonderful things from everyone, and wanted to send a special thanks for the clothes, toys, books and other gifts. Ryan and I wanted to also send a special thanks to everyone for not receiving play dough, moon sand, finger paints, or any other loud or messy thing that we will soon have in our house. (Ha Ha, BTW, these are not hints to future present ideas :o)

The girls have an exciting year planned. We are now members of the DuPage Children's museum, so we will have some fun days their. They are also starting swimming lessons this week, and we cannot wait for them to be little shrimps. I am sure some wonderful pictures of that will follow.

New Year's Eve was a little different this year, the girls were actually sleeping and sadly so were we. We woke up long enough to hear our neighbor's fireworks and say Happy New Year. Maybe next year we can celebrate at noon with the girls.

We hope that all of you are having a wonderful year so far, and that this year brings you abundance.

~ Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ~ Maria Robinson