Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Well, it has been a long time since we have posted anything new. I guess we were overwhelmed with too much work before Christmas break, and then too tired and exhausted (lazy) over the entire break to do anything. Now that we are back in the groove, I have decided to get back to it!
We had a wonderful vacation. Jaron and I enjoyed 2 weeks off...the benefits of working at a school...and especially enjoyed having the time to spend with Avery. My sister flew out from Maryland and stayed for a week over the break which was nice. We celebrated Christmas Eve at my grandparents house in Gilroy. We did an ornament exchange this year so our tree was full and beautifully decorated as you can see from the pics. On Christmas day, my parents, uncle Scott, and my sis were here at our house. We had a relaxing time and a great meal.
On the 30th, the Olson family came out to our house for a second Christmas. It was so fun watching all the kiddies open their fun gifts. Avery especially loved her stepstool made by grams. She uses it everyday!
On New Years Eve we headed out to Derek and Amy's house for the night. Our camp friend Chops (Chris) and his fiance
Kirsten were there as well. We had great fun playing games and watching good ol' Dick Clark's Rockin New Years Eve. We actually stayed up until about 1:30 or so. Not bad!!