Our 2010 goals

I rarely make New Years Resolutions, just not my style. However this year I am making a few goals that I would like to be realized by the end of next year(2011). I would like to get this family healthy--mainly myself--I'd like to lose 30 lbs by September, I'd like Alex to try more good for you foods, and I'd like Edward to try to eat a little healthier as well. Not sure I can pull off the last one as he hasn't changed in 30+ years. I also hope to get Aidan pottytrained by the end of the summer, hoping I can also work with Andrew as well. Our next big goal for the year is to get as much debt paid off as possible, we are currently sitting at about 5000$ in credit card debt and 6000$ in medical debt(no interest), not that bad but if it is paid off we can clear up a lot of money to start saving for a house one day. We have been doing the Dave Ramsey Plan for a while and paying down a ton of debt, however dental bills have kept us from really making a dent in it, hopefully by the end of 2011 it will all be gone.

Christmas with the Weavers

We all had a wonderful Christmas here. We spent Christmas Eve with my dad and family. Had gumbo and crawfish pie and all sorts of other goodies for dinner, a Louisiana Christmas :) It was nice, not too much fighting between the kids. We made cookies Christmas Eve, which was a blast!



Then we sprinkled reindeer food for Santa's reindeer outside and set a plate of warm chocolate chip cookies out for Santa alongside some cold milk. And then bed, which Alex and Aidan didn't manage to fall asleep until 10pm nearly.
I woke up at 5am to Alex in the room, wildly exclaiming that Santa had came and left tons of presents and filled
his stocking! Convinced him to go back to sleep with me for a while and then we all got out of bed at 8am.
Everything was a hit, Alex especially loves his Nintendo DSi, Aidan is digging his playdoh creativity set, and Andrew is loving his Little People minivan and LeapFrog Tad.
The tree filled with presents on Christmas Eve:

Aidan tearing into his stocking:

Alex digging in to his stocking:

And Andrew checking his stocking out as well:


Present opening:
They got Spike the Dinosaur










Oh, and all of these pictures were taken on MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT, the Canon Rebel XS! My camera has been losing function for a good year now and we finally were able to get a new one with our Christmas money!

Andrew's First Haircut

Andrew got his first haircut while we were in Dallas.

Before:


After:

Christmas in Dallas

We had an early Christmas in Dallas since Edward had his 2 week vacation. Had a wonderful time, kids enjoyed seeing family and playing with their new toys, as did Mommy and Daddy.
Opening presents:









We also went to the Children's Musuem with Alex and Aidan: