Sunday Jan. 6 2008

Subject: Bring on 2008

Dear Family & Friends,

On Monday, we enjoyed a nice New Year's Eve. In the evening, we took advantage
of the last opportunity to frequent McDonald's during 2007 (courtesy of Mark and
Sara's Christmas present for which we are very grateful). After enjoying a fine
meal there we came home. We decided that as far as New Year's Eve festivities
went that it was more conducive to the children's bedtime if we pretended we
were all with Kyle in Salta, Argentina (which is conveniently 4 hours ahead). So
we toasted in the New Year at 8:00PM and then put the kids in bed. Meridith and
I stayed up and celebrated the New Year in our own local time zone as well.

Tuesday, we enjoyed the first day of 2008 (and the last day of vacation for
me). I took the kids to the park in the afternoon, (Meridith took the kids to
the park pretty much every other day of the week). In the evening, Meridith and
I enjoyed watching the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Wednesday, it was back to work for me. I tried not to over exert myself. It
was nice knowing there were only three days till the weekend. Marshall got a
haircut.

Friday K and T came over to play. Jayden at some point decided to
jump on Marshall and poor Marshall seems to have injured his arm.
Saturday, we had a nice relaxing day. We all watched the original High School
Musical. For some reason, we had problems playing the disc we got from the
library. Even though the disc didn't have any scratches on it, it would not play
on our regular DVD player. So we busted out our el cheapo
portable DVD player and it worked flawlessly. Go figure. At any rate we all
enjoyed the movie after we got past the technical difficulties.

Today we enjoyed our church meetings. I'm not sure if the kids all resolved to
behave better or what, but it seems like some of the best behavior we've seen in
Sacrament meeting in recent times. The kids enjoyed their new primary classes.
Love,
Judd, Meridith, Mariah, Jayden, and Marshall