We had a New Year’s weekend that was packed with
activity.
On Saturday, my side of the family got together at the ice
skating rink to celebrate Carson’s 9th birthday. This will be Carson’s last birthday as the
baby of the family, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Marla is pregnant. I will be an aunt again sometime in late
August and I AM SO EXCITED. Baby A will
have a cousin to play with!
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| They were being goofy but had fun |
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| Hunter thought he was an Olympian in training... |
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| Cute girls with zombie eyes |
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| Well, that's attractive... |
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| Braden, Yuri, and Karlie
And then on Sunday evening, Willard suggested we go to a
movie. A LATE movie. I was nervous about it because I’ve never
been able to stay awake during a late movie.
Even when I was younger and got plenty of sleep – my body just shuts down
around 10:00. Well, I can honestly say I didn’t
get sleepy at all. It’s likely because
of the creepy guy in the theater with us.
There were a total of 5 people seeing this movie. Me, Willard, a mother, her teenage son, and
creepy guy. Me and Willard sat dead
center back row. Mother and son sat over
on the side section to our right. Creepy
guy sat in about 7 different seats before deciding on the seat TWO SEATS AWAY
FROM ME. That’s when I noticed it. The loudest, most distracting breathing I’ve
ever heard. Dude definitely forgot his
CPAP. So, between his general creepiness
and his Darth Vader-like sounds, there was no chance I was getting sleepy. Every time he leaned down to tie his shoes
(which was every 2 or 3 minutes) or took his jacket off or put it back on
(which was at least a dozen times), I envisioned him pulling out a weapon. My imagination was in overdrive, which at least kept me wide awake!
The movie was pretty good.
We saw “Jack Reacher”, starring Tom Cruise. I’m not a big Tom fan, but he was able to
channel his cocky-little-peckerhead persona into this role and it was pretty
believable. Not the best movie I’ve ever
seen, but not the worst either.
On New Year’s Eve, we had our family Christmas with Willard’s
family. These family gatherings are
always packed full of noise, laughter, good food, and hours of Rook.
A few things never change -
Willard can usually be overhead
offering someone a ridiculous amount of money to jump in the pool naked.
Everybody talks at the same time and nobody
listens to the Dirty Santa rules, and thus the rules get argued over and
changed mid game.
Joseph and I eat enough fish to kill a walrus.
One thing different this year – Lanett brought a TASER as
their Dirty Santa gift. Imagine a TASER
in the hands of Willard or Marty. Scary,
huh? I had to rule with the iron fist
and stop all the fun before it even started.
Baby Olivia made her debut looking all adorable and happy!
And, as I warned on Facebook, I brought some really crappy Dirty Santa gifts.
The Tennessee Santa Hat started showing up at our Christmases a few years ago. The lucky owner for 2013 was Jason.
Roll Tide and Happy New Year!
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