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Fresh Start

This year we all slept in except for Brayden. He was up bright and early at 7:00 am. Once everyone was awake the kids played with their cousins before they left to go home. Then we quickly cleaned up Grandma & Grandpa's house from our fun cousin party last night. Then once everyone had something to eat we headed home. The drive seemed to go by so fast...at least the fastest part of our traveling so far with this winter break. As I was packing the car I just kept stuffing things all over in the car. I don't know how we fit! It was like a houdini car and I kept adding more to it. I took down the dog kennels to save space and broke a piece off from Trigger's kennel. This didn't make me feel too happy having to throw it away.

We got home and even though we loved our vacation it's always nice to be home again. Although the house was a little cold and my bedroom had no power. The bathroom was good but the room had no outlets or lights working. Guess I was going to sleep on the couch until I could get it fixed. We stayed in and lounged around. We didn't even unpack the car except for the few things that we needed. By the time we knew it...it was time for dinner and this Mamma didn't want to cook just yet. So we started the year off right with my choice. We went to Cafe Rio. YUM!

Then we played Super Sonic racing....these are some of my favorite games! They are so fun and it's been a few years since I have played any racing games. I may have to watch it since these can be addictive but this may be a way to relieve some of my stress.

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