Welcome 2016-Hitting the Hills

First post of the new year. A lot of great things to come in 2016 which I am absolutely excited about. But first, looking back at the busy week. The snow storm on the 28th was super sketchy but I was fortunate to make it home. Mia and Jill came back on the 31st. I thoroughly enjoyed the quiet time while they were vacationing in beautiful Columbus, Ohio, but I absolutely missed the hell out of them. The little voice running around and singing and of course my wonderful wife Jill's warm hugs after a long day at work. After my shift at work was done, I couldn't wait to get home. I could have ran back to New Berlin from Waukesha, I was that excited to see them. Came in the house, Mia ran to me and didn't let go. Just like previous years. I love it. Best feeling ever. We watched the ball drop and the star rise (in Chicago) and that was it. A mild new years which is totally fine. Every year we think about doing something, but after she drove 7 plus hours from Ohio, going out was never really going to be an option, and that's okay.

Saturday morning I got up early to watch soccer only to find out that the Chelsea vs CP game is SUNDAY not Saturday. Stupid. Went back to sleep till 10am. We had breakfast and hit the hills sledding. Perfect day for it. A few kids prior to our arrival must have built a little ramp or jump and Mia LOVED going off it. Total blast. I'm debating about seeing if my Mom still has my little brother's old little snowboard for her and she if she'd like to try it. We went down dozens of times Saturday. It was a nice little family activity. Saturday night, we went out to dinner with my parents. They were happy to see Mia again.

Sunday morning I got up nice and early (again) to watch a very soggy wet game of soccer. Chelsea got the win 3-0 which was fantastic to see. A winning Blues with everyone looking confident and happy. Hazard picked up an early injury, which was too bad since he probably could have netted his first goal of the unfortunate season. Willian's blast was superb. It was 3 needed points and proof that the team does care, and has to keep winning to stay out of the bottom and make it for the UCL.

I started a new art project this week: I'm working on a portrait of our latest-to-be-sacked manager JM. I think with enough time and work, I can really nail this one. This week, nothing too exciting going on. Mia's back at school, the Blues play Saturday and we're thinking about taking Mia bowling at some point at the New Berlin Ale House.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!