Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Whew! Christmas is over and it's already a new year. How time flies. I remember waiting and waiting to decorate and get ready for Christmas and then all of a sudden it was here and then gone. We had a great holiday vacation, of course it went by way too fast and we're sad to have to go back to real life again... but tomorrow here we come! We spent most all of our break back home in Enterprise. We had a great time being with family that we don't get to see very often and just chillin in our old stompin' grounds.

Here are a few pictures from Christmas!

At Colten's house on Christmas Eve.

Each year with the Brackens we rotate through with giving the siblings a gift. This year, Colten's brother Mical had our name and they gave us this awesome picture of The Living Christ (by request). He did a great job making it. It's beautiful and we love it. Thanks!

Our pile of gifts on Christmas morning.


The grandkids coming in the family room on Christmas morning.


Sleepy Colten showing his excitement for our gift from Santa, an Ipod Touch!


A glimpse of some of the damage done by 20 people in one room on Christmas morning.


A Christmas afternoon filled with Rockband. Rand as lead vocal, Mical as lead guitar, Colten on the drums and Ian on the bass guitar. Switching off many times to avoid getting booed off the stage. JK they were all awesome!


Rand, Mical, and Colten

Colten's amazing drum skills.

This is a picture of our adorable nephew Gunner sitting on Colten's lap. You can't help but smile when you see this kid, esp. if you have been gone somewhere. When you walk into the house, he will come up to you, hug you and say, "I missed you!" with the cutest smile on his face.

Colten and Ian dueling it out boxing on the Wii.

This is right before Ian knocked out Colten in the final round.

Then on New Year's Eve we spent the afternoon up at the Reservoir sleding. We started at the boat ramp and then ended up down near the frozen over water. There was a small hill that you could sled down and onto the ice that made you slide a long ways. We had a lot of fun and it was a beautiful day!

This is my little sister Jessica going down the boat ramp.

Colten and Mckinley getting ready to go down.

This is me just before the ice!

Some of us even did a little ice skating with Grandma Bracken's old ice skates. This is a picture of Jessica and Eryka.

Me and Colt standing on the ice.

We hope you all have a great New Year!