Family Blog

I had forgotten how many blogs I’d written over the years – it’s a lot. Most of this came from 2005-2011 but I’ll plan to update it from time to time.

Merry Christmas – 2014 Year in Review

Merry Christmas and we wish you the best in 2015.  We hope the holiday season allows you chance to connect with the ones you love. We had an eventful 2014 – it’s been so busy, it’s hard to tell where all the time went.  We took a family trip to the big island of Hawaii…

Christmas 2011

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I last posted – to save on trees, we decided to post our Christmas letter online The Newell family would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012.  We had a great 2011 as our kids continued to grow and learn. They moved…

Merry Christmas from the Newells

I was too busy (lazy) to write a Christmas card on time – frankly I couldn’t think of any interesting way to write it.  After seeing all the cards come in, I thought it would be good to reflect on the year – even in a unoriginal way. Amelia turned 4 in February and we…

Halloween 2010

It seems like every year, Halloween gets more and more involved.  All of these pumpkin patches have sprung up around the area, so the build-up to Halloween now includes: Buying Halloween Costumes (we usually go to one of the custom stores, but we actually found Wal-Mart to be cheaper and they still had a decent…

Water Park Break

Last weekend the girls had Thursday and Friday off due to MEA, so we decided we’d take a mini-vacation.  We found a good deal at Arrowwood Resort, and it’s only a little over an hour away.  We had stayed there with friends last year, and the girls really enjoyed the water park.  This time around,…

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