A Winning New Year!

Happy New Year! This year is off to a busy start...no surprise there! Is there ever a time that we aren't busy? I think not.

New Years Eve was celebrated with Mason home with some friends (a responsible sitter) and Dave and I with friends at a local pub. We were home just after midnight to find Mason's party still in full swing! What the heck? He's only nine and already knows how to kick a party into high gear! After we got the kids to call it a night, we woke up to a gorgeous day. Mason went bike riding with friends so Dave and I put the top down on the Solstice and took a drive up to the snow! It was a dry version of a January 1 Polar Bear, uh, drive? It was cold, but such a pretty day. We ended up driving a stretch of State Park road that went down the canyon and across the Yankee Jim Bridge where people were ringing in the new year kayaking! Brrrr! It was a great way to start the new year, fresh air, lots of smiles, and a drive across a bouncy-bridge.

On Friday, Mason was featured on the front page of the Auburn Journal and he was also on CW 31's Good Day Sacramento. He made his Cheeseburger Spaghetti and was excited that the producers asked him if he wanted to come back and do more Kids Cooking segments. Now we are working on his Valentines Day videos and another giveaway coming to masonpartak.com.

Yesterday, while out for lunch with Mason, Dave and Rod (Dave & Rod in uniform), an older couple walked in and smiled and the gentleman made some polite small talk with us before sitting down. A few minutes later, in walks Dave Bender (Channel 13 weather guy) with his lovely wife and they sat with the couple behind us. As we were ready to leave, we learned the gentleman paid for a good portion of our lunch. I got the feeling they were all related but we thanked them, acknowledged we knew who Dave B. was and off we went. It was a little extra happy to a lunch I was already excited about!
 

Dave and I had some fun on the radio today, too. I was the right caller to play a Newlywed Game so they got us on the phone together and we won a set of rings valued at $750! Whoo-Hoo! That's a happy new year surprise for sure. Mason is back to school tomorrow and I have a job interview - I am completely excited. This is just the first week of the new year and there are already so many good things happening, lots of love and laughter. I hope you are experiencing some of the same in your life.