Yah, I know. Bad blogger, etc etc etc. It's been over a month since I've managed to post anything, so I'll give you a quick recap!

To start things off, I somehow managed to swing 3 weeks off from work over the holidays. The mini-vacation after launch was great, but I needed a bit more time to go visit the family out in Alabama and get to know my inner slacker again. Needless to say, we enjoyed each others company (Me and my slack...wether the family can stand me for 2 weeks at a pop is still undecided).

Spent just under two weeks out at Castle Junior. My mother continues to astound me with her decorating prowess. I love to tease her about the "junk" she buys, but she truly has amazing skills when it comes to the holiday festivities (She was even featured in the Denver Post back in the day!). I'd go into all the wonderful food she made me while I was down there, but I'm sure there's a max character limit here. Thanks for the chili!

Dad took a break from building his dream castle while we were out. Much XBOX was played, and we bonded as we always do. Talked him into buying a TomTom...only took a week of nagging. It was amusing to see all the routes it wanted to take them to get back home up the mountain to the middle-of-nowhere. Thanks for the Krystals!

Scott, An, Pollux and Hoshi made it out a week after I did. Mom was thankful since it took our attention away from teasing her, and planted it directly on An. She makes such an easy target :) Unfortunately I've confirmed what I dreaded for the last month or so...I am infact now allergic to dogs. Was painful not being able to play around with them too much, but still always fun to be around them. I just don't understand how 2 dogs heads can get so large. Thanks for destroying the evil Estovokians Scott...and for not taking any of my stuff An!

My Grandfather gave us quite a scare while we were in town with a couple trips to the Hospital. He's recovering well now, and my prayers are still with him for a full recovery. Roll Tide Grandaddy!

Finally returning home the day before the New Years, it was time to get ready for the party I had been volunteered to host! I have no idea what the final head count was on attendees, but we pretty much doubled last years party. Count on another next year as I can't think of a finer group of people I would have rather spent the evening with!

Everything between New Years and now has pretty much been a blur. Fondue, Birthdays, BBQs, Movies, Go-Karting, Sushi, Karaoke, Drunk Marines, Dancing, News Crews, Eiffel-Towers-A-Plenty, and more Rock-Band then you can shake a drum-stick at....all in all, back to normal.

Looking forward, and after a bit of house cleaning, this might not be a bad year afterall. Happy belated New Years!