Nelson Family Blog: Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Happy New Year!

Just like that, it's 2019. It's so crazy how fast a year can really fly by. This past week was another whirlwind of activity, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the week of Christmas was.

On Friday night, Jim and Barb brought Emma back home after a couple nights at their house. We enjoyed a quiet evening at home and then we all enjoyed sleeping in the next day.

We spent Saturday morning playing with new Christmas toys and just enjoying being all back together again. In the late morning we all headed to the gym, and the kids played while John and I got a good workout in, it was nice to be back at it after all the holiday treats.

After the gym, we ate some lunch and then did a little shopping. After all that, the kids begged us to go swimming. So, we headed to the Midco, and enjoyed some time in the pool. We had some very tired kids after all the activities, so when we got home, we pretty much called it a night, and put the kids to bed.

Sunday was a pretty typical Sunday. We went to church, and then Elliott was begging to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house to have his own sleepovers at their house just like Emma. So, Jim and Barb came and picked him up and kept him at their house for a couple nights. Meanwhile, I took Emma sledding at Spellerberg Park. We met up with Heather, Carter, and Gavin Hinners. Emma had a really fun time sledding, until she accidentally hit one of the jumps and flew out of her sled, after that she was a little gun shy. But overall she had a good time, and it was a beautiful day to sled.

In the afternoon we had the Hinners over to watch the Vikings game, which was a huge disappointment. They had to win to get into the playoffs, and they lost terribly to the Bears. It was a typical Vikings-style loss. We drowned our sorrows in Chili and cornbread, and then called it a day.

Monday was New Year's Eve. John and I both had the day off from work, so we enjoyed a nice day with Emma. We made a trip to Sam's Club, and then had a nice lunch at Chevy's. We also shopped at Michael's, and then Emma and I scrapbooked at the kitchen table together for a couple hours. Emma got her own scrapbook stuff for Christmas, so she enjoyed tinkering with her stuff, while I tried to catch up with my scrapbooking, which is about 2 years behind.

After our scrapbooking, we went to Andrea's house for a New Year's Eve party with some of my coworkers. It was a fun little gathering, and Emma really had fun playing with the other kids and photo bombing photos on Snapchat. We visited, played some games, and made it until the 11pm Ball drop, and then we called it a night and got Emma home and to bed.

Today was New Year's Day. Happy New Year's!! We all slept in since we were up so late, and then we met Jim, Barb, and Elliott at Hobby Lobby for a little shopping, followed by lunch at Fizoli's. It was nice to have everyone home for the rest of the day. I made a trip to the gym, and now John is there. We are definitely going to try to make working out and eating healthy a top priority in 2019. We both feel better, have more energy, and sleep better when we are consistently working out and being healthier.

I also hope to be a little less hussle and bussle this next year. I love going out and doing things with the kids, but sometimes we seem to be running too much, or doing too many activities, and I want to try to slow down and just enjoy being home and doing things at home sometimes. Those are my main goals for 2019, as well as a little bit of traveling. I would love to make the trip to Kansas City, another one to Omaha, or even Chicago sometime this year. I think any of those would be fun, affordable little weekend trips.

Cheers to 2019!! So not ready for work in the morning...