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2010 IS HERE!

I do not know how it happened but 2010 has arrived and somebody correct me if I am wrong but am I correct in bidding adieu two months already? Wow! How did that happen? At our house we count the months according to how many times I have changed the little table cloths on the kids tea table that sits in the reading corner of my living room. I have a different tablecloth for each month of the year. I have already put away the snowflake cloth for January and am late changing out the Valentine cloth for February. Hmmmm! Guess I should go take care of that when I am done here. Time to find the Saint Paddy's cloth with the leprechauns on it. My mother used to tell me that the older you get the faster the time passes. She does not have to tell me that anymore. Why? Well because she knows that I have finally realized that in her infinite wisdom she is totally and completely correct. Time flies and let me tell you it does not necessarily have to be while you are having fun. Although the fun things do help here and there. Which brings me to the antics of our beginning of 2010. At Christmas time I found four of Santa's reindeer hanging around my house here in Arizona. The day after Christmas found us Arizona folk heading to California. We left caught up in the excitement of taking Caydon for his first trip to Disneyland. We could not wait to see everyone and celebrate Christmas with the rest of my kids there. If that was not enough I was crazy with the anticipation of the arrival of Audra's fourth child and my seventh grandchild. The trip was amazing and full of the fun that happens when we are all together as a family. Once in Cali I did manage to find more of Santa's reindeer in Torrance. Did not however find Rudolf! Christmas together was a blast. As usual loud and silly and all the things I adore in our holiday season get togethers. It was enough of a gift just to be with all my loved ones. Our trip to Disneyland ended up in what I have labeled as the worst trip in my entire life to the not-so-magic Kingdom. As we struggled to keep all 6 grandchildren together tempers began to flare. It was like a giant ocean of fish. If you stepped accidentally into the wrong stream you were heading to Never Neverland never-never to be seen again by your loved ones. We finally ended up in the line for the Haunted Mansion after being in the park for a few hours and we had only gone on one ride and eaten lunch. Ask poor Sienna about waiting for a clean spoon to eat her soup with? Are we having fun yet? Absolutely not! We finally all looked at each other and decided to leave the park. If you can believe it the park was closed to capacity. We marched our party down to the town hall and requested our money back. Okay we were bad, but at those prices it was definitely not worth staying. We were given passes to return at another time. How did we manage that? We told them Audra was in labor. Okay! Bad? Yes! But....it worked. We all went to the Disney Walk and shopped and ate ice cream and in general had more fun doing that then standing in hours of lines. So much for Caydon's first trip to Disneyland. He did however love the tram ride and Pirates of the Carribean. Poor guy left wondering what all the hoop-la was all about! Later I did get to spend time with my wonderful Mom and then it was time to go to the hospital for Audra's new little one to arrive. New Year's Eve for me was one of the most different I have spent in my entire life time. Audra at the last minute asked me to be with her during her C section and I even got to cut the cord. We greeted our little baby girl into the world and I had the honor of cutting the cord. It was an incredible experience. The rest of my trip I spent in the hospital with Audra and the baby. Then it was time to return home. I returned home to Arizona tired but filled to the brim with the joy of being with family and in my book there will never be anything better! We celebrated Little Miss Aisy's First Birthday. Guess who is walking now? Cupcakes and presents and once again me thinking about how the year slipped by so fast and how could Aisy possibly be one year old? During January Joy and Destiny announced that they would be moving out and leaving to go to Washington Joy's home state. So we squeezed in as much fun and together time as possible during this time. Looking back we have managed to do a gazillion things and make a bazillion memories in just the beginning of 2010. It leaves me wondering what the rest of the year will hold! Happy Blessed New Year! Enjoy it and make a bouquet of memories to last a life time.