Happy New Year!

I can't tell you how excited I am for 2010. Let's just say that 2009 was not a year of "good health and happiness". I don't want to be depressing but the year brought about some great challenges and quite frankly, I'm glad it's over and that by years end, many of those challenges had been overcome! I suppose this is why I'm looking so forward to 2010. I've got a great "kick butt" attitude, am finally in very little joint pain, and am just ready to make great strides in all areas of life! Here are a few of our photos from New Year's Eve, which we spent at my cousin, Mike Smith's house in Layton, Utah.

Aren't we cute? (Lisa, Mike, Eric, Ronda)

Not at all sure what Mike is doing - but I thought it was funny!

I think it's his own version of "2010"

These 4 may look innocent, but they are crazy party animals!

(Uncle Luke, Aunt DeAnn, my mom and dad)

Sydney. Didn't quite make it! (we had gone skiing that day and she was wiped out!)

Roasting marshmellows in the snow! (Jared, Carly, Carter, Aunt DeAnn and Dallin)

Like Santa?... Not so much!

They say a picture is worth a 1000 words.

Landon, Christmas 2009

A Cool Ice Show

For years I've wanted to go to the Ice Show at the Gaylord Texan (really nice hotel/resort near our house). This year the theme was Dr. Seuss so we decided to take the family and go. It was incredible. Everything was made out of ice and you had to wear these special jackets because it was 9 degrees inside! Cool, indeed!

Skiing in Utah

(pictures: Dallin & Sydney, Eric, Hailey in half pipe, Eric & Ronda, Cluff kids (minus Landon who was with G&G Freeman), Dallin and Eric in half pipe!)

It is so fun to ski with our kids. I have such fun memories of skiing with my family when I was a kid. Dallin continued to snowboard this year and do awesome. Sydney no longer yells, "french fries (to go straight) and "pizza" (to turn/stop) as she zooms down the mountain and is becoming quite the skier. Hailey wanted desperately to snowboard but we persuaded her to stick with skiing as she was in the middle of both basketball and volleyball, where her arms/wrists are greatly needed. Since learning to snowboard is full of falling, we were a bit nervous to let her try. Eric also continues to snowboard and I don't think I'll ever see him on skis again. For me, I'm sticking with skiing. When I snowboarded a couple of times I never felt so sore the next day and with my joint issues, my body just doesn't move like it used to!