New Year's Eve

Spent New Year's Eve with some friends from my Mom's of Children from China group. We had dinner, played games, and just had a plain old good time. We learned how to play the card game 13. Everybody seems to be hooked.

Here's to 2013

Our favorite memories from 2013...

Kailei - our family trip to South Dakota and starting dance
Keara - starting middle school
Zeb - Alaskan cruise
Chris - our family trip to South Dakota and my New York Broadway trip

Update on last years resolutions...
Kailei - exercise *not so well
Keara - eat healthy *did OK
Zeb - exercise more *did great
Chris - spend more time with family and drink more water  *let's just say I need to keep working on this and let it be known that I hate water

This years resolutions...
Kailei - eat healthier and exercise more
Keara - get fit
Zeb - not make any new year's resolutions :)
Chris -  lift weights more consistently and learn to say no

Our Girls

After Christmas Shopping

Headed out Brighton early on this after Christmas shopping day. Picked up my friend Judith around it clock and started our day off with a donut at Krispy Kreme. Headed up to flatirons crossing mall and we shopped, and shopped, and shopped. Finally called it quits around 5 o'clock and headed back down to Parker where we finished our evening seeing the movie The Hobbit. Great day!

Zeb's Christmas Artwork

The Archer Family Christmas

Headed over to mom and dads around 10 AM for our annual Christmas breakfast. Mom and Dad served up eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, cinnamon rolls, Kaiser rolls, fruit and various drinks. We stuffed ourselves. After breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen we were once again spoiled with mom and dad's generosity.

I think my favorite part of opening the gifts is that all of us want to give each other the gifts that we purchased which just brings more meaning into it all. It simply warms my heart.

Mom cooked up a wonderful turkey dinner with mashed potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes, corn, rolls, cranberry sauce and ambrosia. Once again we all stuffed ourselves which lead to a few naps. 

Games were played. Ticket to ride with the big one this year and all the boys and Keli played it. It was in the lead until at the last minute mark pulled a switch on them and ended up winning. Nicholas not too happy. Tracie and mom played another game but apparently they made up their own rules and laughed hysterically as they played. 

Another wonderful Christmas with my wonderful family.

Kailei's Christmas Poem to Me