Friday, January 01, 2010

happy happy new year



First things first. Happy New Year to everyone out there. Can you believe it is 2010? This past decade has flown by. I spent New Year's Eve 2000 on a boat in Tokyo eating sushi and it was awesome. I had no idea that 10 years later I would be married with 3 kids and just enjoying life as a stay-at-home mama. It was what I always wanted, and to see that things all worked out the way I always dreamed is pretty darn cool.



I had a quiet new year's at home at home and it was perfect. After we got the kiddos to bed Graham played his Tony Hawk PS3 game that I got him for Christmas and I just browsed through all of our family photos from 2009 (see collage above). I was totally caught up in the memories and everything that we did, learned and accomplished this past year. I am super sentimental and emotional and I found myself saying the same old things to myself...I want my kids to stop growing! Time is going by too fast! But you know what? It was a good year and I'm excited for a new one. I love new beginnings and a fresh start, so bring it on.



I have some goals in mind for this new year, but nothing set in stone yet. I plan on finding a few quiet moments this weekend to sit down and really think about what changes I need to make, what things I want to accomplish and what I need to improve on. The list is just too long of all the ways I could improve myself, so I'll have to narrow it down to just a few! But I am excited.



I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was so so good. I just love the magic of Christmas with little kids...they definately brought a spirit with them this year that was irreplaceable. I just love my little family.



I'm excited to get back on the blogging bandwagon for 2010...I'll see you soon!



T:)

5 comments:

s a n s k u :) said...

fun collage. i do our favorite pictures in bigger size. this year it ended up being 12 pages (4 pictures each page + quick notes what happened). i still need to add this vacation to it.

happy 2010! :)

Lindsay Bateman said...

beautiful memories.
fabulous collage!

was it created in photoshop?

happy 2010!
xo

Talia said...

yup, i just made mine in photoshop, lindsay...i just find it faster to do them on my own. but you can use the mosaic maker on bighugelabs.com, too!

tapintosimple said...

Happy Scrappy New Year Talia... LOVE your collage... it has many beautiful memories...
all the best in 2010...
Diane

sar said...

i was just telling my husband- ten years ago i was a junior in high school, who hurried home to welcome the new millennium in with my parents. who knew i'd be where i am ten short years later?