The New Year and Beyond!!!!

Like Christmas, New Year's was low key.  Alan and I celebrated our 19th anniversary in November but I use the term celebrated loosely.  We have a history of making plans and having other things come up that take priority.  Our anniversary was no exception.  We have tried to do the things we wanted to since but it has been strung out over the last few months now.  Our final plan was a great steak dinner somewhere but we couldn't make it happen. 
New Year's Eve we decided to venture out and ended up at Chilies compliments of Leanne.  It was packed with an hour wait.  Luckily, it is near a Target.  So, we gave them our cell phone number, went to Target to pick up some things and got back just in time to sit down at our table.  Alan and I rarely have time to just hang out, let alone shop together.  It was so nice to just be with him and not have the constant albeit loving, but constant distractions from the kids.  The food was gross, but I am sorry Chilies is gross we really didn't expect too much.  If it is your favorite place to eat, I implore you to dig deeper.  There are much better places to eat out there.  The time with him was worth it though.
We arrived home early enough to go through all of Daniel's poppers and sparklers he bought for the occasion.  The kids wanted to stay up till midnight but the adults couldn't do it.  So, we all went to bed without watching the ball drop and not caring much about it either.  I have never really understood the attraction to watching other people at a party on TV.
Since then we have been plagued with one type of illness or another from just about everyone.  I suppose it is the time of year and these winter sicknesses don't die easily.  Alan and Sarah have been struggling with a cough for more than a month now.  We miss the sun terribly.  It is out today but it is cold too.  I am going to walk to pick the kids up from school anyway.  I need my vitamin D!!!
As for New Year's resolutions, I don't really believe in them but we are all working to live closer to the Gospel and be loving and kind to one another.  We need to remember that we love each other and then act like we do.  The kids really get along well.  They are good friends and there is not a lot of fighting thankfully.  But we can always be better.