Happy New Year! 2010 in Review...

As we close out 2010, it's a great time to reflect on the blessings our family received.

Max is our little rascal. He is both sweet and grumpy/grouchy at the same time. He is stingy with his smiles (although gives me the most when we are together). We love him so much. He loves playing with cords and always keeps us on our toes. Next year he becomes a big brother so it is a big transition ahead.

Andrew is our preschooler. His biggest highlight of 2010 was going to Nutcracker Suite with his mommy in Boston. He loves the music and dancing. He is also into Tangled. He still is feisty (gets this from his mommy) and always is smiling and laughing. He loved his birthday celebration this year.

Cole started first grade. He had a great trip with his mommy to Last Vegas earlier this year to visit his cousins. He was able to celebrate his sixth birthday with Allison's family in California at the beginning of July and with my family for his birthday in Michigan. He is a proud blue belt in karate. He likes being a big brother.

Allison ran her first half marathon in Northern Vermont with two of her friends this spring. She has been a fantastic mother to our boys. Now as she starts her third trimester, we prepare for boy number four.

In June I started a new position in Leadership training at Boston Scientific and attended my 20 year High School reunion.

As a family we were fortunate to have been able to travel to visit with family in Las Vegas, California, and Michigan. We had two of Allison's sisters visit our home during the second half of the year. We explored the white mountains of New Hampshire and green mountains of Vermont. We had some great beach trips to the North Shore.

We have been blessed this year and look forward to the changes that 2011 bring.

Blizzard of 2010

All boys on the sled, originally uploaded by yakfamily.

Our area received over 10 inches of snow overnight. The boys were able to go outside this morning to check out all the snow piled up. They loved it.



Here are some additional pictures of our fun.

Christmas Morning

We had our first Christmas in New England this morning. The boys stayed in their room until 7 am before heading down to see what Santa left them. Here is the slideshow of our morning.



Merry Christmas!

Christmas Cookies

Due to some sickness with the family this week, we made some change of plans for our Christmas activities. We rescheduled our cookie decorating for Christmas Eve. Max loved eating the cookies. Look at the slide show to see the progress.

Cole 10 DVD Trailer

Cole 10 DVD Trailer, originally uploaded by yakfamily.

I finally finished this year's DVD for the Cole family on December 23. It was am ambitious project, considering it was the first year on the Mac with new software. I am happy with the results: 10 videos in all (birthdays, Christmas, summer reunion, travels, holidays and gatherings, halloween, family candids), including this trailer which plays prior to the main videos.

Tree Trimming

Our three boys, originally uploaded by yakfamily.

Today we took the boys to the tree farm to choose the perfect tree (and our first tree in Boston). We spent the afternoon preparing the tree and our home for the holidays. The picture above we took of the boys at the end of the day.

See the slide show below for more pictures of our day.