Ruddy/Conger Family Pictures

I feel like our world is still spinning! From all of the holidays, birthdays, road trips and vacations; I feel like I literally just got home yesterday. We have been so crazy busy, something has been going on every week! This past week my mom was in town from Texas. Her birthday was on Monday, so I took the opportunity to play hookey from work and take her to lunch. We kind of took it one step further though and made it a whole day of shopping, shopping, SHOPPING! OOPS! I've been extremely blessed that we don't go too long without seeing eachother. I'm so glad that my parents haven't forgotten about us even though they are 1300+ miles away. :) Later on in the week, Chris's sisters, Jessica and Brianne flew in from out of town. They weren't able to join us this past Christmas so they dropped in just in time for our January Birthdays. But better late than never, right? Chris's Mom, Jessica, and Jerad, (and obviously from the paragraph above, my mom) all have birthdays in January--which is probably why I still feel so busy. :p While the girls were in town we decided to take a updated family picture. (Especially since one of our two blondes in the family just recently went brunette). Nobody wanted to pay for a professional photographer-they're so over rated. J/k. So Chris and I set up the tripod and camera at Draper park and proceeded to take our own family pictures with the help of a remote. If you haven't already guessed, it was somewhat of a disaster. It was freezing and tempers flared--not gonna lie, my temper was blazing! BUT nevertheless, we're all there! Goofballs and all! The same night, we were able to get both sides of our family together for dinner and games. (we were missing my dad and my brother and his wife) It was sooo much fun. Chris and I are so lucky that both of our families get along. It really has been so much fun, but I'm for sure ready for the wind down! Lucky for me it was a very quiet day at work, thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Whew!