I love New Years. It's all about "out with the old and in with the new", especially along the lines of holiday decorations. One of my favorite traditions is watching the ginger bread houses burn in the wood burning stove:
Nana and Grandpa paid us a visit the weekend after New Years so we could celebrate Christmas with them. The kids always love seeing their grandparents and couldn't wait to give them the gifts they had made (jam from Hazey and a necklace from Cally).
They also love getting the incredibly thoughtful gifts that their grandparents pick out for them:
Because most of the college students are home on vacation, we try to make it to our annual UVM hockey game. This year, it was hard to drag Hazey away at the end of the second period (it was 9:30pm). He loved following the action.
The snow wasn't so great around the new year, but the temperatures were perfect for ice skating. Gillet pond is the perfect place to skate. It's a mile long and people come from all over to play hockey, get exercise, and just play.
We couldn't pass up another gorgeous day on the pond:
Hazey loves to play hockey, but we've been warned not to "go there" as a sport and fear what it might do to our lives.
Fortunately, his ice skating skills translated to some great roller skating when he went to a classmate's birthday party:
While the backcountry wasn't amazing, it's always wonderful to get out there for some exercise with my favorite ski buddies:
And these guys are pretty fun, too:
