Happy New Year!!

Wow! I can't believe my last post was in October, goes to show how busy we all get during the holidays. The followings is a brief summary of the ongoings these last few months.

November -

• Matt and I hosted our first Thanksgiving day dinner at our home. I have to admit I was somewhat nervous, never having been in charged of the whole day's on goings. Fortunately, everything went well, we had a small gathering of family and we ended the night with a small fire in the back yard.
  
• Later the once cool and cheap outdoor chimney purchased in Mexico cracked and had to be replaced. Needless to say the quality was just as poor and so the second one was never used.
  

December -

• We spent our first Christmas as husband and wife in Yuma this year. We are planning to rotate holidays, so next year we will be in nice, COLD, snowy Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Did I mention it will be COLD? :o) We went to my parents for Christmas Eve, had dinner, played some pool, and opened gifts with the family. Christmas day we opened gifts at home and then went to breakfast at my parents house and went to a movie.
  
• Of course it would not be a break if I did not get sick. I've had a cold since New Years Eve. Needless to say I was not very social :o( But my hubby deserved some time out so we went to my parents for a couple of hours, then we went to the lounge at Cocopah Casino, where we hosted our reception for a drink. Came home and watch the ball go down in Time Square (not live).
  
• During our two week break, we had a couple of guest. My cousin Vie, who stayed with us on and off and Matt's sister Lindsay, who visited on our last weekend off. We all went up to Julian, California including Matt's little buddy, Big Al (Alexa).
  

T hat in a nutshell have been our ongoings for the last two months. HAPPY NEW YEARS to ALL. We hope this coming year we are able to spend more time with family and loved ones, can't wait to see everyone again.

Love,

The Buckleys
YUMA

PS - No Baby for the year 2009, sorry.