It's the End of the Decade as We Know It

You will have no appreciation for the above title if you are not well versed on REM's play list.

Quick Christmas Review:

Christmas gathering at Maddox.
Lights on temple square. If you sit by Nate during the "Joy to the World" movie he will pick his nose the entire time and walk out with blood everywhere. He'll then want to hold your hand.
Christmas morning before seeing Santa's treasures. Santa did a good job this year.
Tess got a dollhouse from Santa. We've all had fun playing with it.
A WHOLE decade has passed right before my eyes. I'm actually in stunned disbelief. My mom keeps talking about how time has sped up and I can't help but agree. I started this decade with my 1st baby and am ending it with my last. It's been a decade to remember.Even the parts you would wish away have brought welcomed growth, experience and been for our good. Time sure flies when you're having fun....bumper car style of course with a few collisions along the way.

In the last decade:
*James and I have multiplied and replenished the earth 5x over
*Moved 5x
*Changed employment 3x
*Enjoyed Disneyland 3x
*Changed cars 3x
*Bought our 1st home (!)

Briefly

Sellicks at a glance over the last week:

I went on a date with this guy to Coldstone----after getting our treat and finding a table he questioned, "We're eating here? I want to go home and eat with the kids." I made him sit and enjoy every moment with his mother. I think his cotten candy and m&m ice cream helped him power through his sentence.

We got our Christmas tree up. I let go of the controls and let the kids have creative license with it...it leans moderately to the front, but looks very happy.














We had an enjoyable Thansgiving at Whitney and Tim's. She always sets the loveliest table.














Neider kids all lined up. My brothers make Whits and I look like characters from "The Wizard of Oz". We're missing baby boy Brant who arrived for dinner just moments after this picture was taken. I don't think we've taken a picture like this since we were kids. We laughed at the idea of this going in some genealogy book years down the road...The Mark and Renee Neider Family: As the Years Go By.

I've basically held and coddled this guy for 2 weeks. We found out yesterday he has double ear infections with one of the ear drums being burst. Am I getting too old for this yet? My mom, sisters and I started doing the whole Black Friday thing after we got married and without fail for the last 10 yrs. (ever since Liv was born) I have spent Thanksgiving night with a crying, sick baby. Not being one to miss out, I go shopping anyway, loaded up on Diet Coke. It was the same again this year. My kids have established traditions of their own.

-Welcome CHRISTMAS-