Happy New Year!

Happy 2010! We hope that you and your family have a wonderful new year filled with many blessings.

To celebrate last night we had friends over to ring in the new year. In the past, we usually have gone to someone else's house. However, we decided to be the hosts this time around. There were 10 adults and 6 kids. The kiddos all played really well together and made it easy for the adults to enjoy themselves as well. We watched some football, played Wii, had a Bunco tournament, and of course, played with the kids. However, little miss Kelsey girl did not want the party to end because she was still awake at midnight to say happy new year. We tried to put her down multiple times but she was not having it. So rather than fight it, we just went with the flow and let her party with us :) Thankfully, she did sleep in this morning!

Since we have just finished a decade of time, I thought I would create a top 10 list of 2000-2009.

10. Mattey and I attended UWEC from 2000-2004 and graduated in 2004.

9. We got engaged June 2004.

8. We traveled to Branson, Vegas, Chicago, Canada, and the Bahamas.

7. We were married in July of 2005.

6. We bought our first home in March of 2006.

5. We both got our first teaching jobs and continue to stay employed with the same districts.

4. Mattey began coaching football and baseball for the Owatonna Huskies.

3. We became an aunt and uncle with the births of Connor, Jacob and Nolan, Lauryn, Miranda and Korinne and Soren, Annika and Leia.

2. Matt and I both obtained our master's degrees. *Matt will graduate in May :)

1. Our miracle, Kelsey Sandra Skala, was born on August 1, 2008. There are so many things I could say about how she has changed our lives, but to sum it up, I will just say thank you dear Lord for sending us such an incredible gift!