Better late than never!!!

Okay so I'm not such a great blogger after all, I guess I have been a tad bit busy, and lazy! I will make sure to add blogging to my endless list of things to do. So many things on my list never get done, for example sending out Christmas cards, never got around to it, so I thought what a great idea it would be to put a Christmas card of sorts on my blog...so here it goes, our very late Christmas update.

The year 2011 was a good year for the Witzel family, full of trips and family fun.

Started off like any other year, with resolutions to get to the gym, eat healthier, and get our life organized. We spent many a late nights with the Witzels attempting to plan our up coming vacation to Florida, but always ended up watching Vampire Diaries, and making funny spoof movies of each other.

By mid February our new years resolutions went out the window! We started getting cabin fever for warm weather , wishing we were anywhere else that was warm and tropical.

Kaylee turned 2 in April, and we celebrated with a huge birthday bash... Disney style. Since we were going to Disney World a week later we just had to have a Mickey themed party. It was a really fun party complete with a surprise quest who of all people but Mini mouse showed up (my sister dressed up) the kids loved it, and had a great time. I made the cake, it only took me 12 hours!

A week later we left for Florida. We had a ton of fun with all the Witzels who went. We spent our vacation eating, swimming, shopping, and going to Disney.

Getting back from a trip is always a drag, but we returned to life as usual. I love spring and summer in Utah, it is perfect. We spent the spring time out doors hiking, and walking at the park. Kaylee loves the park, and will do anything to get us to go there.

Our Summer time was full of days at the pool, and lots and lots of camping. We ended up buying a camping trailer, and spent the summer camping all over Utah... the Uinitas, and American Fork Canyon were our favorites.

Of course our summer wouldn't be complete with out heading to my family's Cabin in Bear Lake. We always have fun eating raspberry shakes on the beach.

We had a big 4Th of July party with Nicks side of the family, complete with fire works and sparklers. Its always a fun time when the Witzels get together!

Fall time is so much fun for me, I love it when the leaves change colors, and everything looks so pretty. We of course had our annual Halloween party. Kaylee was a chicken, Nick was Cornell Sanders, and I was a bucket of fried chicken! It was a blast.

As we continued to struggle with finding the perfect place to settle down we found out that a little town on the coast of Seattle WA was hiring police officers, so we decided to go an check out the area. We loved it up there, but in the end decided it wasn't the right thing for us. As the weather continued to get more and more cold and grey we decided that we needed another vacation. This time we dropped Kaylee off at my moms house, and headed for sunny Hawaii. What can we say we are addicted to Maui! We had a blast. The weather was perfect, and we spent our days snorkeling and hiking. We camped on the beach, which was surprisingly very fun.

Right before Thanksgiving Kaylee and I were in a pretty bad car accident that totaled our car. We were really lucky to have not been seriously injured, but I can't say the same for our poor car. Luckily the insurance company was amazing, and we ended up with an upgrade... a Toyota Avalon! Lucky us:)

Kaylee and I spent Thanksgiving in St. George with my family (nick had to work), Uncle Bob opened his mission call, much to every ones surprise... he was called to Africa! He will be leaving this April.

Christmas time this year was spent traveling once again... we just cant get enough of the sun! We headed to California with my family. We had an amazing time. We spent 3 days at Disney land, and the rest of the time on the beach. Nick flew in for half of the time, but had to work the other half. Kaylee was at the perfect age for Disney, and actually cried when we left. I think we will have to make another trip to California again really soon!

Since then we have been trying to get a job closer to family, and maybe one that pays a little more... we have applied with several departments, but no luck so far. Hopefully 2012 will bring more luck, and a lot more happy times!

Well that was our 2011 in a nut shell, I'm sure I left out a ton of stuff, but those were the high lights. I will try to keep more updated, so next year I don't have to remember so much!