HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(Amanda after having a few drinks this New Years Eve.)

2007 is now gone and here we are at the beginning of 2008. I'm looking forward to a New Year and the exciting things that will be taking place in this New Year like finally graduating, but I'm also sad to see 2007 leave. 2007 was a great year. We had a lot of happiness this year like, two weddings and some sorrow, losing my Grandma Proctor this past July. Overall I would say 2007 can be considered a great success.

For New Years Eve Mark and I invited some friends and family over for some food and games. Mark barbequed some beef for his favorite taco things. He learned how to make this dish from the Hispanic men from his old job. Mark did an excellent job and I think I'll let him cook every night. (The night before he made BBQ ribs for the first time and they turned out to be delicious too.) We had a ton of really good food. After we played some games and waited to ring in the new year together with some sparkling cider. We did discover that the later it got the more silly we became and everything that Becky said or did became hilarious. Thanks Becky for helping out with the entertainment, we sure enjoy having you in our family.

Then for New Years day we slept in till 12, (well Mark did I had to take care of my dog sitting duties for Uncle Al, so I was up earlier but I did go back to bed after.) Then we headed off to Eagle Mountain for some tubing with the family. The Tubing Beauties

Tait & Blake showed us how it was done, and even Grandpa couldn't resist just one ride down the hill. The hill was really crowded but we still enjoyed ourselves. I did hear that the hill we went on wasn't as big as the tubing hill down in Aurora, so I'll be expecting a visit to tubing hill with the Curtis clan next year around Christmas, or sooner. Sorry I don't have a lot of pictures of Mark and I sledding, I was having too much fun sledding. Check out Amanda or Becky's blogs to check out the pictures they took. So post the pictures you two.

Later that night Mark and I went to the movie with Mike & Becky, and Karen & Kevin. We saw National Treasure: Book of Secrets. I really enjoyed this movie. They did a really good job with this one. So if you need a fun date night activity I would highly recommend seeing this movie.

Now we head back to work and school. Mark was back at work today around 8 and I will enjoy one more day of freedom before I go back to regular school on Thursday and Friday and then I begin 10 weeks of Student teaching next Monday. I really hope I'm ready for it.