Happy New Year (North American)
Godt nytår. (Danish)
Feliĉan Novjaron (Esperanto)
Hyvää uutta vuotta (Finnish)
Bonne année (French)
Frohes neues Jahr (German)
Eftychisméno to néo étos (Greek)
Hauʻoli makahiki hou (Hawaiian)
Buon anno (Italian)
Athbhliain faoi mhaise (Irish – Gaelic)
From my family to yours – I wish you all the best things. Who knows what this next year will bring – perhaps good fortune, or good health, or good will! I’d certainly be happy with any of those!!
We spent the last week of 2023 watching tv together, catching up on cuddles, playing games, working (unfortunately), and relaxing. It was nice!!
Tyler and I decided that this year, we’d be implementing some new resolutions as a family. We’ve been running ourselves ragged for years now, and we’re all exhausted. It’s all fun and games, until you’ve been up past midnight 3 nights in a row for one reason or another, lol!
So this year, we’re scheduling family time; making sure that at least 2 weekends out of 4 each month are spent with just us – whether that’s at home cuddling and watching Saturday morning cartoons, or going to a playground, or visiting with friends or whatever it is – as long as we’re together! That leaves a weekend for each set of grandparents to see us and their grandkids (which is really who they want to see anyways, LOL!)
Plus, one day a month, we spend time with just one kiddo – they get a day with mommy and daddy to do whatever they want. We aren’t sure what those days will look like yet, but we’re going to aim for during the week, and probably doing dinner and one other thing they want. Of course, we’ll have to rely on grandparents to watch the other 2, lol, so it all depends, but that’s our goal!
Regardless, here’s to as easy-going as possible that 2024 can be – the past few years have been rough – I think we’re all ready for a break!
Love to all,
Kelly Ann
P.S. – Somehow, the boys stayed up till midnight – though when I kissed them and told them Happy New Year, it was like talking at a brick wall, they were both so done, lol! Ty passed out way before 12 – as did Nora. The living room crowd was done lol!
