I am having a hard time...Nick is gone...He is delivering our Mazda3, Judy, to someone else. I know this is going to sound really trivial, and silly, but I am having a really hard time letting her go. It doesn't help that Abe has been crying off and on all day, "I want to keep OUR car, I don't want her to go to someone else!". It's been emotional. Is it just me, or do some of you become emotionally attached to your vehicles? I know it's just a "thing", but somehow, it became a part of my life.
She joined our family, new off the lot, in Las Vegas, with only 3 miles on her. She was ours, and we were her first family. She has been the vehicle to take us safely on every vacation. She has brought both of our boys home from the hospital. She drove in a procession in Ellen's funeral. She has been dependable every day, and carried me through all those rough days, when all I needed was a drive, and some good music. She was always fun, and because she was zippy, and cute, that somehow made me a little zippy, and maybe even cute :)
Now, I have nothing. Not even something to replace her.
I am sad....
I will miss you Tank Booty Judy
Right before Nick left with her
Alot :)
We tried taking Ezra out a few times, but he didn't like it very much...so we just let him stand and watch Abe outside...that seemed better for him! 
Aren't they such cute brothers!!!
And Mom got glasses :)
I must be the meanest mom in the world.... Who wouldn't want to see their kids get along so well? I guess a mom who is sick of missing nap time.... and wants to sleep all night long ;)
Aren't they so cute!
while in Arizona we visited the Mesa Temple visitors center. It was fun, but....
playing on the lawn out front Abe thought was more fun :)
Ezra cut his first 2 teeth while we were there...I think this was as happy as he got!
We did some shopping at the outlets, and got Abe and Sariah new sunglasses
they are such good lil' posers
and, on the last day of our week long adventure, we let it be superman and supergirl day!! 
funny that these kids are growing up a whole state apart, and yet they are so similar. 
Mom and Ezra at the party
Abe and Ez 
Christmas morning all of us piled into our bed! I loved it...It reminded me of when I was a kid. All my siblings and I would sleep in the same room...most of us in the same bed! 
There were a lot of presents, but I think the best ones of the day were our new nerf guns! We spent all afternoon playing a family nerf war! (of coarse while Ezra was alseep) We ended our day at the movies as a family! Abe loved the movies, and still asks to go back.
Abe, Paul , and Ezra 12/29/10
