Ringing it in.

I'm not a big fan of staying up late just to watch the clock change, but we had a great New Years Eve with dinner and a comedy show with our friends the DeCiccos.  The kids also had a great New Years Eve with Yaya and Papa Ron.

I was off work again this week which was awesome.  Since most of the holiday festivities are now over, it was a quiet week.  Luis and I saw Lincoln on New Years Day since we were still kidless and enjoyed a nice dinner afterward.  We had Heidi and her kids over for some playing on Thursday and had dinner that night at the Spaghetti Factory with my parents, Lucinda & Deb, and Aunt Annette.  Uncle Walt is still at the rehab facility.

On Friday the kids and I thought it was tie to check out the new Portland Aquarium which is all of 4 minutes from our house.  There are still a couple of exhibits under construction but in all, it was good.  There are a lot of hands on attractions which we all liked.

Yup, that's a big nasty moray eel behind Mason.

There are sharks and rays in one of the hands on tanks.  We didn't get to touch the sharks but did get to touch the rays.  It was definitely cool.

The kids most enjoyed the aviary where they got to hold some parrots.

They were a little unsure when the birds tried to use their beaks to climb up onto their shoulders but definitely enjoyed being able to hold the birds.

It almost looks like we're on a tropical beach and it isn't 40 degrees outside!

Picture out of order!  Oh well - Mason and cute bird.

That night we went to Red Robin for dinner (thanks Lettuce for the gift card).  Because the camera was still in my purse, we took pictures.

Just cause we're in a restaurant, no reason to not cuddle while waiting for dessert.

Siena and I went to see Mandi yesterday for a much needed haircut (for both of us).

And yup, since the camera was still in my purse, more pictures were taken.  Siena especially kept herself entertained during my haircut by taking pictures.

Another out of order picture but it's from the same day so oh well.  Mason had 2 basketball games yesterday.  The first against this team from Gladstone.  I'd say Gladstone's lineup had a bit of a height advantage over our boys.

Siena's self portrait of her new doo!

The leftovers from my trim.  I think I lost 2 pounds!!

Before I head off to watch Les Mis (again) with my mom, just wanted to leave y'all with this message: