happy New Year from The Wittmer's

2010!

Tonight we welcomed the new decade with a quiet yet perfect evening at home just the 4 of us! In the morning we had breakfast with Mom & Dad Wittmer and just hung out, a perfect start to the day.

kenai

look at our little ham child...hands in pockets and all

just like grandma

Then we headed home and did a few things around the house. Put together Ashlyn's new Dora Kitchen form Auntie Nine, Uncle Ry & madi...she loves it!

For our New Year's festivities we: ate Clam Chowder in bread bowls, then had Alaskan King Crab Legs (ashlyn's fav) & Ribeye Steak, then put the kiddos to bed around 9:30, watched a movie, woke them up at 11:45,
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...watched the ball drop together...HAPPY NEW YEAR! Kisses, Champagne for mom, and a few pictures then 30 minutes of phone calls! Then we made chocolate fondue... 2 kinds (i love white chocolate) and enjoyed dessert together. Both kids still up! Ashlyn had fun dropping the dippers in the chocolate but not eating them... then I put Ash down while Eric did the last dishes. Eric and I just hung out till I fell asleep - he fell asleep first actually but had to wake up b/c of his crazy night schedule! PERFECT!

she did wake up but though this pic was funny

Wow! What a year...What a decade! The past 9 years have been the best in my life....Thank you 2000's for the amazing memories don't know how the next decade can top it
{i'm sure it will}

Here are the best parts of the past decade in a quick recap...
1. met my amazing husband eric {2001}
2. fell in love with his wonderful family
3. so thankful for my family...so thankful we are all so close...that was not just this decade though : )
4. bough our home in fremont....worst time to buy...but trying to stay positive {2006}
5. got our two beautiful wolf hybrids: Yukon & Lakota {2005, 2006}
6. had our two georgeous babies: Ashlyn {2008} & Colton {2009}
7. new family members born...Lizzie, Ryder, Madison (our 1st official niece), Joslynn
8. weddings weddings weddings....
9. best friend {nina} became my sister-in-law...thank you ryan!
10. lots of friend babies...we are multiplying! love it!
11. football team doing great! not just this season!
12. my cheer team WON NATIONALS!!!! Yes I know I have not bragged enough but really when I was in HS we always dreamed of being one of the winning teams...MY TEAM WAS THAT TEAM! Woo Hoo! Thank you WHS Cheer Team 2007-2008 Season! You guys were awesome ~ I will forever remember you!  The year after we got 3rd! Again I was proud but winning was sure great!
13. family & friends gone to heaven... RIP... tough to loose you in person but we know we are always connected in spirit!
14. VACATIONS...europe honeymoon, banff, costa rica, mexico a few times, yosemite, caribbean cruise, vegas a few times, new orleans (final 4), disneyland several times...we LOVE disney, tahoe, mammoth, zion national park, whistler...along with all the mini day trips we take with the kids: ~ monterey, marine world, santa cruz, carmel, half moon bay, s.f. etc
15. How could I forget this should be up higher on the list... ERIC getting Hired with UCPD. Graduating the Police Academy.... he was so awesome and worked so hard. I am SO SO SO proud of him. He is such an amazing husband & father. He is our main support and I am so thankful! He is a great cop too! I trust in his training and have to have faith in him and UCPD. One more thing... He is the Cutest Cop I know too! haha...had to throw that in!
16. FRIENDS...you know who you are... thankful for new and old friendships that have formed or jsut gotten stronger this decade. we look forward to many more years of memories...Cheers!

yukon...this makes me think yukon needs a photo shoot...

could not find a really good one of him...sorry buddy

lakota...she looked right at the camera...but we were actually taking pictures of her stalking yukon!

My list could go on forever like the milestones of Ashlyn walking, saying mommy, daddy & i love you but then this post would be forever long... so we will just keep to the BIG, scratch that HUGE events!

march 2008... Ashlyn Ra Marie

september 2009...Colton Michael Kenneth

Hope everyone had a great New Year! Thank you for reading our family blog. I'll ask you one favor...leave us a comment. I know there are readers out there that check regularly but no comments...really they brighten my day! So fun!

xoxo, love us!