Happy New Year - Welcome 2012!!!!

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.” -- Edith Lovejoy Pierce


Last night we were supposed to attend a party (with kids) at a friends house, but due to sickness all around, it was cancelled so we spent a low key evening at home. Arabella decided she was tired and went to bed early, but later than normal, but she still couldn't sleep. So I got her out of bed and let her watch Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's Eve with me on the couch. She asked to go to Times Square - and speaking from experience - she has to wait at least 15 more years to go. (Jay and I went on New Years Eve 2005 and it was such an amazing experience - the energy is magnetic and as much as I would do it again, I can also say been there, done that!) Arabella loved seeing Lady Gaga on the show and danced all over the living room

And then after the countdown and ball drop, we went up to bed! As much as we would have loved to be with friends, there is something nice about spending New Years Eve at home. I don't think we would have changed a thing!

We hope that everyone had a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012!! May this New Year bring about transformation and opportunity! I look forward to what 2012 holds for me and my family.

PS - Happy Birthday Uncle Bill! I wish we could be there to celebrate with you, enjoy your day!

Happy New Year

It is hard to believe that 2010 has come to a close and we are now into 2011! Time sure does fly when you are having fun. We we did have a lot of fun in 2010! And we are already having tons of fun in 2011 - today we went to the beach. Yes, you read that right, it is a perfect, sunny, and warm day here in Florida so we decided to spend a few hours at the beach. Arabella loved running in the sand, building sand castles with Uncle Mike and looking for shells with Grammie. I was amazed at all the people who were at the beach, but when the temperature in is in the mid-70's on January 1st, who wouldn't want to spend some time at the beach? It did get a little windy and chilly when the tides changed, so we had to cut our visit shorter than we would have liked, but it was still worth the trip out.
I hope that everyone has a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year filled with family, friends and love!