One of my goals for 2010 is to be more present.
More present for my husband.
For my children.
And for me.

One of the ways I want to accomplish that last one is to find time to do the things I love.
Naptime is the perfect time to do that.
I have resolved to try and do something for ME during those two blessed hours, whether it’s sewing, crafting, baking, reading, blogging, napping ect.

And so today as the girls slept I found myself in the kitchen staring at my pantry, wondering what to create out of the ingredients I had on hand.
And then it hit me.

Popcorn.

This past Sunday we loaded up the three munchkins in the van and drove a few hours north to visit the craziest (you’ll see why in a second) mall in Canada.
Santa spoiled us again this year by sending us for a fun family vacation to West Edmonton Mall.

This year we were extra spoiled and stayed in the famous Fantasyland hotel (which is located right inside the mall.)
Oh, the convenience of staying right in the mall! Definitely a huge bonus when it came to the little ones naps!

This past year has been amazing.
Full of changes.
Some exciting. Some sad. Some wonderful. Some hard to take.
Looking through all our pictures and reading through the last year of blog posts over the past week has been so much fun!

Some of these pictures made me laugh out loud, as I remembered the stories behind them.
Some of them made me want to cry as I see how much our little family has grown, even in the last 12 months.

Merry Christmas 2009!

Filled with lots of Family.
A visit from Santa.
(in which both the girls were scared and would only give him high fives)
Yummy, yummy food.
And awesome memories.