Happy New Year !!

Happy and Blessed New Year to all my family and friends from around the world. May all your hopes and dreams come to pass in 2009.

This is the traditional time of year where people make lots of resolutions. Weather we follow through is a whole other story. Now is the time for hope and renewal.

As I woke up, I was glad to see the bomb scare at Boulder Station Casino was a false alarm. Even though everyone had to be evacuated for a short time. It is much better to safe then have something horrible happen.

Part of the celebration of New Year's college football bowl games. I really didn't care for many of the games, but did have an interest in seeing if Utah can win. Utah is a member of the Mountain West Conference. This is the same conference that the UNLV Rebels are a member of.

For me it not New Year's for me without watching the Tournament of Roses Parade. This was the 120th year. I love this parade because all the floats have to made from organic materials. It is so amazing to see what can be done with flowers, plants, and spices.

After the parade, we called some family and friends. We didn't get to everyone, so we would make some calls later in the night.

We then took showers and got ready to go to a buffet with grandpa Johnson.

I stopped for gas, then pick up Steven Johnson, and headed to Arizona Charlie's - Decatur Casino, and the Frisco Market Buffet.

We had a surprise as the manager on duty told the cashier not to charge us for the children. This was a very cool, and save us a good amount of money.

For me, it was a wonderful meal! They had corned beef, mongolian beef, brick oven pizza, and a lot of my favorites. I also had a few glasses of champagne to wash it down with . Everyone else seemed to be very happy with their meal as well.

With our bellies very full, we took grandpa home. He said good bye to the children, and that he see them on Saturday. That is the day he come to watch Zac and Jenna for me, to give me a bit of a break.

The Children and I went to Blockbusters to return some online movies we had rented, and to get some new ones to watch. Instead of mailing the online rental in, you can return them to the store for non - new release movies for free. it to make for the time it takes to mail you your new movies, so you never without something to watch.

On the way home, we stop by the water store and filled up a 5 -gallon jug.

At home, we finished call our family and friends. watched a movie, and went to bed.

It was a great day and family event. One I hope my children remember fondly