Merry Christmas from the Nelsons.

Even though the Blackhawks lost to the Redwings it definitely an experience, and definitely will not be forgotten. The Blackhawks had a great first period. Out scoring Detroit 3-1 and Bent Seabrook had an awesome hit on Cleary, sending him for the hawks players bench, but then the game went down hill from there. That’s all I could say.

Even though the Hawks 9 game winning streak with a loss to Detroit on Tuesday… UGH!!! The Hawks had a great winning Streak for the month of December, only losing one game in the month of December to who else Detroit. They find themselves 4Th in the conference and 2ND in their division with 47 points. The Blackhawks just need to put these to games behind them and focus on a big win against Calgery at home on Sunday.

from Cindy

With 2009 approaching this would be a good time to reflect on 2008……….

Where has the year gone????

2008 has been a good year>>>
1) Started off by ringing in the New Year with friends and family
2) announced we were taking my mother-in-law to Maui with us in April (b-day present)
3) planned our trip.
4) went to Maui in April.
5) in Maui, got to see the Whales for the first time
6) celebrated birthdays and holidays.
7) got to go to a few Blackhawks games
started planning for our next trip to Maui ( in Feb)
9) got to go to Door County for the first time.
10) got to spend Thanksgiving with Family
11) got to go to Door C0unty a second time in many months.
12) spend Christmas with family.

and if there is anything I forgot I apologize.

It has been a good year.
Wishing everyone a Happy Healthy New Year!!!!!

From Cindy

Updates from Kris
Aloha,

I thought I’d expand on Cindy’s list with a few items of my own:

• By my estimation (and help from my GPS recorder), we spent close to 200 miles on the bike trails this summer
• Both of our computers got a lot smaller
• Cindy added almost an entire shelf worth of Swarovski in her curio cabinet
• I lost a few pounds, at least enough to go from a 42″ waist down to a 32″, and a shirt size of XXL to M
• Cindy and I both signed up for Facebook
• Cindy started blogging (16 posts so far)
• We also celebrated 5 years of marriage together
• I made it back onto the ice this month (and have video to prove it)

Cindy already mentioned our 2 weeks in Maui this year, and I posted our favorite ’08 moments in Maui over at our Maui blog.

Yup, it’s been a pretty good year, and while there were some challenges, we all made it through in one piece.

It was a very Merry Christmas!!!!

Christmas is about spending time with family and friends, and that’s what we did.

On Christmas Eve, my Aunt, Uncle and Grandfather usually go by his brother, or sisters house etc. We were invited to Linda and Tims house. It was nice I to visit with family, I haven’t seen in along time.

Christmas Day,
During the day we went to Kris’s Aunt and Uncles house and spend Christmas with his: mom, Rose, Glenn, and baby Zach. Michelle, Steve and Alexis, came over. It was nice to spend
Christmas with them.

After spending Christmas with Kris’s family, it was on to my family. We went to my Grandfathers house, and spent Christmas with my Aunt, Uncle, and Grandfather. We had a nice dinner followed by opening presents. After we spend Christmas by Grandpa’s house we went by his mom’s house and gave her her christmas present.

It was a very Merry Christmas. We got to spend the holidays with friends and family, and that is what the holidays are all about

Happy Holidays From Cindy