Here is the first blog post for our family blog! It's taken several months to get things even close to being semi-ready! But it's 2008 and there is nothing wrong with the blog not being 100% perfect. Ben will have to get on here and play around with all the elements we can add, but until then, a family picture will have to do...

The purpose of this blog will be to keep curious family and friends updated on a regular basis about the goings on of the St. Clair/Butcher/Bray household. That is a mouthful! But a happy mouthful to say the least!

Perhaps I should, as an introduction, explain the title of the blog, no? Well, Ben and I have pretty much concluded that we were just plain lucky to have met. I have always said when talking about 'us' that I am so lucky to have him, to which the inevitable "well, he's lucky too!" is the reply. Yes, I am lucky to have him, and he is lucky to have me (and vice-versa).... thus, lucky me, lucky you. I think it is the perfect sentiment for all happy couples. You are lucky to have each other!

It makes perfect sense to us, and blog titles are difficult to come up with these days, as there are so very many out there!

So Spencer and the girls are still on their holiday breaks. The girls return Monday (1-7) and Spencer is back in Oxford by 1-15. He will begin the second semester of his junior year, and he moves into the fraternity house. My, what a change that will be for him! We are planning at least one if not two trips down this spring - to help him get organized and just to enjoy spending time together. He is still going strong with his girlfriend Sarah... she's truly a lovely young woman! She is graduating this spring, and waiting to hear from nursing programs to see where she'll land next.

Kaelyn is off in Vail, CO enjoying the slopes with her grampy, uncle and cousin. Peyton will be going on the next trip out and trying out the skis for the first time. She is excited to go, but is happily enjoying the new Polly Pockets she received for Christmas. Madelyn has been quite a helper to me these last few days: she loves to clean and asked me if it was ok if she cleaned the bathrooms yesterday. Why, certainly, that would be fine.... !!! As a reward, Ben is going to take her for a pedicure tomorrow.

As for me, I finally got all the Christmas decorations put away yesterday. I am sometimes regretful for not putting more out, but then as I'm putting them away I wonder why I put out so much!?! The house is fully clean, laundry isn't piled too high, and we finally opened all the wedding gifts. Thank yous will be next on the list of "to-do's"...

Ben is enjoying his second long weekend in a row. He has worked on lots of little house projects, and I believe he is at Lowe's right this instant procuring something very important to finishing one or more of said projects!

This is quite a long post, but it's our first, and it's our blog.... so that's ok! I'm not even sure anyone will ever read this! I will next work on attempting to figure out how to add links to other blogs....