Christmas pics and TONS of news!!!

We did the big family Christmas at my mom's house on New Year's Eve. My sisters, Jenn and Anj, were there with their husbands and their kids. Anj has 3 girls (Julianna is 11 and the twins, Ally & Emme, are 10) and Jenn has a girl named Morgan who is 9. Don't have a pic of what I got - it was an adjustable dressform. Jenn and Joey had mine and mom's names, so she got it for both of us since there's a $50 limit. Matty got a toolbox and the wrench set he wanted. Royce was SO excited about his cash register and groceries and wallet with a Sonic card - as you can see from his :O surprised face!

Matt and I went to my cousin Jeremy's house after to ring in the New Year. It was a great night and has been a great year so far! SO thankful for Matt's new job!

Matt went to do all the paperwork etc for the job at the prison yesterday. Looks like he'll be starting work on January 19th instead of going to training first, like we had initially thought. He's going to work for a couple of weeks (I'm guessing to see if he can hack it) and then he'll go to training in February. The training will be 5 weeks in Forsyth, GA, but he will get to come home on weekends. He's really looking forward to getting in with the special Emergency Response Team, but they kinda have to pick YOU, so we'll see how it goes.

ALSO...our other big news is that Royce is going to start preschool!! I talked with the school the beginning part of December and she said they had two openings in the 2 1/2-year-old program, but there was a waiting list for the 3-year-old class. SO...with it being right before the holidays and us not knowing about Matt's job situation, I put off signing him up. But the school started back today and the lady called and told me they still had an opening! Friday morning we're going in to meet the teachers and kids and hopefully Royce will want to stay and finish out the day. He'll be going Mon, Wed, Fri from 9 - 12. It's only $100 a month and supposedly this is one of the best preschools in town. I'm VERY excited for him to meet some kids, but the BEST parts are: they will work with him on potty training so hopefully he'll get the hang of it SOON (with other kids around, I think he'll figure it out) AND if he's in the 2 1/2-year-old class, then he instantly gets a spot in the 3-year-old class that starts in the Fall. YAY! No waiting list. Will have more pics and info after Friday. :)